Liver Transplantation for Acute Liver Failure at 11-Week Gestation with Successful Maternal and Fetal Outcome by Vinaya C. Maddukuri, Courtney D. Stephenson, Lon Eskind, William A. Ahrens, Preston Purdum, Mark W. Russo

“…Pregnancy-specific liver conditions like hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets (HELLP) syndrome and acute fatty liver of pregnancy can cause ALF at term or postpartum, but, typically occur during the third trimester. …”
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Continuous Use of Combined Hormonal Contraceptive and the Effect on Blood Coagulation Factors in Female Capuchin Monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) by Rosângela C. Rodrigues, Flávia Schechtman Belham, Ana Garcia, Corina Satler, Carlos Tomaz, Maria Clotilde H. Tavares

“…The results showed that the contraceptive use provoked changes in hematological coagulation factors such as an increase in the amount of platelets (p=0.039) and a reduction in both prothrombin (p<0.001) and thromboplastin coagulation time (p<0.001). …”
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Blood coagulation dynamics: mathematicalmodeling and stability results by Adélia Sequeira, Rafael F. Santos, Tomáš Bodnár

“…Coagulation is initiated in response to endothelial surface vascular injury or certain biochemical stimuli, by the exposure of plasma to Tissue Factor (TF), that activates platelets and the coagulation cascade, inducing clot formation, growth and lysis.In recent years considerable advances have contributed to understand this highly complex process and some mathematical and numerical models have been developed. …”
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Life History of the Camelthorn Gall Leafhopper, Scenergates viridis (Vilbaste) (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) by Roman Rakitov, Esther Appel

“…The inner surface of the gall, lined with brochosomes and wax platelets, is hydrophobic. Adult males emerge from their galls and squeeze into female galls. …”
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Chemigenetic Ca2+ indicators report elevated Ca2+ levels in endothelial Weibel-Palade bodies. by Julian Terglane, Nicole Mertes, Sarah Weischer, Thomas Zobel, Kai Johnsson, Volker Gerke

“…Stimulation of endothelial cells results in exocytosis of WPB and release of their cargo into the vascular lumen, where VWF unfurls into long strings of up to 1000 µm and recruits platelets to sites of vascular injury, thereby mediating a crucial step in the hemostatic response. …”
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Microbes, macrophages, and melanin: a unifying theory of disease as exemplified by cancer by Stacie Z. Berg, Jonathan Berg

“…In this article, we provide evidence that tumors are actually complex microbial communities composed of various microorganisms living within biofilms encapsulated by a hard matrix; that these microorganisms are what cause the genetic mutations seen in cancer and control angiogenesis; that these pathogens spread by hiding in tumor cells and M2 or M2-like macrophages and other phagocytic immune cells and traveling inside them to distant sites camouflaged by platelets, which they also reprogram, and prepare the distant site for metastasis; that risk factors for cancer are sources of energy that pathogens are able to utilize; and that, in accordance with our previous unifying theory of disease, pathogens utilize melanin for energy for building and sustaining tumors and metastasis. …”
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Role of Extracellular Hemoglobin in Thrombosis and Vascular Occlusion in Patients with Sickle Cell Anemia by Zhou Zhou, Molly Behymer, Prasenjit Guchhait

“…The Hb-bound VWF multimers are resistant to ADAMTS13, and are hyperactive in aggregating platelets. Thus, the data suggest that Hb-bound VWF multimers are ultralarge and hyperactive because they are resistant to the protease. …”
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Human Serum Eye Drops in Eye Alterations: An Insight and a Critical Analysis by Maria Rosaria De Pascale, Michele Lanza, Linda Sommese, Claudio Napoli

“…Human serum contains a physiological plethora of bioactive elements naturally released by activated platelets which might have a significant effect on the regeneration of corneal layers by stimulating the cell growth. …”
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The Role of Myeloid Cells on the Development of Hepatic Metastases in Gastrointestinal Cancer by Austin R. Dosch, Mary P. Martos, Samara Singh, Karishma Kodia, Nipun B. Merchant, Nagaraj S. Nagathihalli

“…We further summarize the role of additional myeloid subpopulations such as monocytes and macrophages, dendritic cells, platelets, and eosinophils on promoting disease metastases in GI cancers. …”
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Rare Earth Metal-Based Intermetallics Formation in Al–Cu–Mg and Al–Si–Cu–Mg Alloys: A Metallographic Study by A. M. Samuel, E. M. Elgallad, M. G. Mahmoud, H. W. Doty, S. Valtierra, F. H. Samuel

“…Two main types of intermetallics were documented: a gray phase in the form of sludge with a fixed composition and a white phase in the shape of thin platelets. Due to the high affinity of RE to react with Si, Fe, and Cu, several compositions were obtained explaining the observed multiple peaks in the solidification curve. …”
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Parasitaemia and Its Relation to Hematological Parameters and Liver Function among Patients Malaria in Abs, Hajjah, Northwest Yemen by Mohamed Al-Salahy, Bushra Shnawa, Gamal Abed, Ahmed Mandour, Ali Al-Ezzi

“…Patients with parasitaemia tended to have significantly lower hemoglobin, hematocrit, white blood cell count, lymphocytes, and platelets, compared with healthy normal subjects. Neutrophils levels were significantly higher in cases of falciparum malaria in comparison to healthy normal subjects. …”
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Characterization of a WAS splice-site variant in a patient with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome by Elisabetta Toriello, Rosa Maritato, Antonio De Rosa, Maria Valeria Esposito, Carla Damiano, Carla Damiano, Carmen Rosano, Emilia Cirillo, Antonietta Tarallo, Antonietta Tarallo, Cosimo Abagnale, Francesca Cillo, Roberta Romano, Laura Grilli, Marika Comegna, Marika Comegna, Giancarlo Blasio, Giancarlo Parenti, Giancarlo Parenti, Enrico Maria Surace, Giuseppe Castaldo, Giuseppe Castaldo, Claudio Pignata, Giuliana Giardino

“…Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) (MIM #301000) is a rare X-linked primary immunodeficiency due to mutations in the WAS gene, characterized by thrombocytopenia with small platelets, eczema, recurrent infections, and an increased incidence of autoimmunity and malignancies. …”
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Prevention of Cyclophosphamide-Induced Immunosuppression in Mice with the Antimicrobial Peptide Sublancin by Shuai Wang, Shuo Huang, Qianhong Ye, Xiangfang Zeng, Haitao Yu, Desheng Qi, Shiyan Qiao

“…In cyclophosphamide-treated mice, oral sublancin administration accelerated the recovery of peripheral white blood cells, red blood cells, hemoglobins, and platelets and enhanced the macrophage phagocytic activity. …”
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Are There Differences in the Anthropometric, Hemodynamic, Hematologic, and Biochemical Profiles between Late- and Early-Onset Preeclampsia? by Márcia Aires Rodrigues de Freitas, Alice Vieira da Costa, Luciana Alves de Medeiros, Mario da Silva Garrote Filho, Angélica Lemos Debs Diniz, Nilson Penha-Silva

“…Pregnant women with EOPE presented a borderline reduction in the number of erythrocytes and a significant decrease in the number of platelets, in addition to a significant increase in reticulocytes, serum iron, and ferritin when compared to normotensive pregnant women and pregnant women with LOPE. …”
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Nasal hyperreactivity and inflammation in allergic rhinitis by I. M. Garrelds, C. de Graaf-in't Veld, R. Gerth van Wijk, F. J. Zijlstra

“…After specific or nonspecific stimuli, inflammatory mediators are generated from cells normally found in the nose, such as mast cells, antigen-presenting cells and epithelial cells (primary effector cells) and from cells recruited into the nose, such as basophils, eosinophils, lymphocytes, platelets and neutrophils (secondary effector cells). …”
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Effect of Metadoxine on Chronic Primary Hepatopathies in Canines:  Number of Cases by Paula María Bermúdez-Duarte, José Alfredo Rivera-Rojas

“…Prior to the biopsy, they were required to have fibrinogen >100 mg/dL, platelets >100 cells x 103/µL, and prothrombin time <11.5 seconds. …”
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Conjugation of Short-Chain Fatty Acids to Bicyclic-Amines for Analysis by Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectroscopy by Daniel N. Darlington

“…Finally, we used this method to measure SCFA in plasma, liver, platelets, and red blood cells, demonstrating its use in biological systems. …”
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Application of Neurochemical Markers for Assessing Health Effects after Developmental Methylmercury and PCB Coexposure by E. Roda, L. Manzo, T. Coccini

“…Cholinergic muscarinic receptors (MRs) and monoamine oxidase activity (MAO-B), expressed both in brain and blood cells, were investigated in animals and exposed subjects to assess (i) MeHg (0.5–1 mg/kg/day GD7-PD7) and/or PCB153 (20 mg/kg/day GD10–GD16) effects on cerebellar MAO-B and MRs, and lymphocyte MRs, in dams and offspring 21 days postpartum; (ii) MAO-B in platelets and MRs in lymphocytes of a Faroese 7-year-old children cohort, prenatally exposed to MeHg/PCBs. …”
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Hemotoxicity Induced by Chronic Chlorpyrifos Exposure in Wistar Rats: Mitigating Effect of Vitamin C by Suleiman F. Ambali, Joseph O. Ayo, King A. N. Esievo, Samuel A. Ojo

“…Blood samples collected at the end of the study revealed reduction in the levels of pack cell volume, hemoglobin, red blood cells, leukocytes (attributed to neutropenia, lymphopenia, and monocytopenia), and platelets in the CPF group, which were ameliorated in the vitamin C- pretreated group. …”
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Liver Fibrosis and Altered Matrix Synthesis by Katrin Neubauer, Bernhard Saile, Giuliano Ramadori

“…At the cellular level, origin of liver fibrogenesis is initiated by the damage of hepatocytes, resulting in the recruitment of inflammatory cells and platelets, and activation of Kupffer cells, with subsequent release of cytokines and growth factors. …”
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