Table 2 Correlation between MPs origin and endothelial cell activation markers.

From: Microparticles from β-thalassaemia/HbE patients induce endothelial cell dysfunction

 

PMPs

RBCMPs

ECMPs

Unprimed HUVECs

  ICAM-1

rs = 0.904, P < 0.001

n.s.

n.s.

  VCAM-1

rs = 0.922, P < 0.001

n.s.

n.s.

  E-selectin

rs = 0.821, P < 0.001

n.s.

n.s.

  Tissue factor

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

  IL-6

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

  IL-8

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

LPS-primed HUVECs

  ICAM-1

rs = 0.809, P < 0.001

n.s.

n.s.

  VCAM-1

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

  E-selectin

rs = 0.911, P < 0.001

n.s.

n.s.

  Tissue factor

rs = 0.907, P < 0.001

n.s.

rs = 0.734, P < 0.001

  IL-6

rs = 0.907, P < 0.001

n.s.

n.s.

  IL-8

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

  1. ECMP; endothelial cell-derived MPs, HUVECs; human umbilical vein endothelial cells, ICAM-1; intracellular adhesion molecule-1, IL; interleukin, LPS; lipopolysaccharide, MPs; microparticles, n.s.; not significance, no correlation, PMPs; platelet-derived MPs, RBCMPs; red blood cell-derived MPs, rs; Spearman’s coefficient correlation and VCAM-1; vascular cell adhesion molecule-1.