Donor variation in stored platelets: Higher metabolic rates of platelets are associated with mean platelet volume, activation and donor health.
Ido J BontekoePieter F van der MeerBea C TanisDirk de KorteArthur J VerhoevenNicolaas J H RaatPatricia A C SpechtEgbert G MikThomas R L KleiPublished in: Transfusion (2022)
High glucose-consuming PCs developing higher activation levels, not only displayed enhanced mitochondrial activity but were also found to contain larger PLTs, as determined by MPV. Storage performance of PLTs was found to be associated with donor health, but not with donor age.