Storage of platelets in additive solutions: the effects of magnesium and potassium on the release of RANTES, β‐thromboglobulin, platelet factor 4 and interleukin‐7, during storage

Abstract

The concentrations of platelet-derived cytokines increased, to a significantly greater extent, when platelets were stored in PAS-III than in plasma. However, when magnesium and potassium were added to PAS-III, the concentrations of platelet-derived cytokines obtained during storage were about the same as those produced by platelets stored in plasma.