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Platelet disturbances correlate with endothelial cell activation in uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax malaria.
| Title: | Platelet disturbances correlate with endothelial cell activation in uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax malaria. |
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| Authors: | João Conrado Khouri Dos-Santos, João Luiz Silva-Filho, Carla C Judice, Ana Carolina Andrade Vitor Kayano, Júlio Aliberti, Ricardo Khouri, Diógenes S de Lima, Helder Nakaya, Marcus Vinicius Guimarães Lacerda, Erich Vinicius De Paula, Stefanie Costa Pinto Lopes, Fabio Trindade Maranhão Costa |
| Source: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 14, Iss 7, p e0007656 (2020) |
| Publisher Information: | Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020. |
| Publication Year: | 2020 |
| Collection: | LCC:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| Subject Terms: | Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| More Details: | Platelets drive endothelial cell activation in many diseases. However, if this occurs in Plasmodium vivax malaria is unclear. As platelets have been reported to be activated and to play a role in inflammatory response during malaria, we hypothesized that this would correlate with endothelial alterations during acute illness. We performed platelet flow cytometry of PAC-1 and P-selectin. We measured platelet markers (CXCL4, CD40L, P-selectin, Thrombopoietin, IL-11) and endothelial activation markers (ICAM-1, von Willebrand Factor and E-selectin) in plasma with a multiplex-based assay. The values of each mediator were used to generate heatmaps, K-means clustering and Principal Component analysis. In addition, we determined pair-wise Pearson's correlation coefficients to generate correlation networks. Platelet counts were reduced, and mean platelet volume increased in malaria patients. The activation of circulating platelets in flow cytometry did not differ between patients and controls. CD40L levels (Median [IQ]: 517 [406-651] vs. 1029 [732-1267] pg/mL, P = 0.0001) were significantly higher in patients, while P-selectin and CXCL4 showed a nonsignificant trend towards higher levels in patients. The network correlation approach demonstrated the correlation between markers of platelet and endothelial activation, and the heatmaps revealed a distinct pattern of activation in two subsets of P. vivax patients when compared to controls. Although absolute platelet activation was not strong in uncomplicated vivax malaria, markers of platelet activity and production were correlated with higher endothelial cell activation, especially in a specific subset of patients. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1935-2727 1935-2735 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727; https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007656 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/160f12596c5945c9b9e94573f2120244 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.160f12596c5945c9b9e94573f2120244 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
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| ISSN: | 19352727 19352735 |
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| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007656 |
| Published in: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
| Language: | English |