Dynamics of statistically confident particle sizes and concentrations in blood plasma obtained by the dynamic light scattering method

J Biomed Opt. 2015 May;20(5):57003. doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.20.5.057003.

Abstract

The work is devoted to the study of sizes and concentrations of proteins, and their aggregates in blood plasma samples, using static and dynamic light scattering methods. A new approach is proposed based on multiple repetition of measurements of intensity size distribution and on counting the number of registrations of different sizes, which made it possible to obtain statistically confident particle sizes and concentrations in the blood plasma. It was revealed that statistically confident particle sizes in the blood plasma were stable during 30 h of observations, whereas the concentrations of particles of different sizes varied as a result of redistribution of material between them owing to the protein degradation processes.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Blood Proteins / analysis
  • Blood Proteins / chemistry*
  • Blood Proteins / ultrastructure*
  • Cell-Derived Microparticles / chemistry*
  • Cell-Derived Microparticles / ultrastructure*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Dynamic Light Scattering / methods*
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Humans
  • Models, Cardiovascular
  • Models, Statistical
  • Particle Size
  • Plasma / chemistry*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity

Substances

  • Blood Proteins