title: Platelet size and density affect shear-induced thrombus formation in tortuous arterioles.
abstract: Thrombosis accounts for 80% of deaths in patients with diabetes mellitus. Diabetic patients demonstrate tortuous microvessels and larger than normal platelets. Large platelets are associated with increased platelet activation and thrombosis, but the physical effects of large platelets in the microscale processes of thrombus formation are not clear. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine the physical effects of mean platelet volume (MPV), mean platelet density (MPD) and vessel tortuosity on platelet activation and thrombus formation in tortuous arterioles. A computational model of the transport, shear-induced activation, collision, adhesion and aggregation of individual platelets was used to simulate platelet interactions and thrombus formation in tortuous arterioles. Our results showed that an increase in MPV resulted in a larger number of activated platelets, though MPD and level of tortuosity made little difference on platelet activation. Platelets with normal MPD yielded the lowest amount of mural thrombus. With platelets of normal MPD, the amount of mural thrombus decreased with increasing level of tortuosity but did not have a simple monotonic relationship with MPV. The physical mechanisms associated with MPV, MPD and arteriole tortuosity play important roles in platelet activation and thrombus formation.
authors: Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA. Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
authors: Jennifer K W
authors: JK
authors: Chesnutt
authors: Hai-Chao
authors: HC
authors: Han
mesh_terms: D001160:Arterioles / Q000473:pathology*; D001792:Blood Platelets; D048429:Cell Size; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D015539:Platelet Activation; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000473:pathology*
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