Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Blood Plasma

Blood plasma is the liquid, extracellular component of blood that suspends the cellular elements and constitutes a substantial fraction of total blood volume. Composed largely of water, it carries plasma proteins such as albumin, immunoglobulins, and clotting factors, along with electrolytes, hormones, nutrients, li…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 46× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 3070-1937 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Blood plasma is the liquid, extracellular component of blood that suspends the cellular elements and constitutes a substantial fraction of total blood volume. Composed largely of water, it carries plasma proteins such as albumin, immunoglobulins, and clotting factors, along with electrolytes, hormones, nutrients, lipids, and metabolic waste, and it functions in transport, oncotic pressure, immune defense, coagulation, and homeostasis. In transfusion medicine and laboratory science, plasma is central as a transfusable component, a source of therapeutic proteins, and a matrix for diagnostic biomarkers. The peer-reviewed work in this area reflects these dimensions, including the correlation of glucose and apoptosis in stored platelets relevant to component storage, the content of vasoactive substances in blood in experimental hypertension, plasma microRNA expression as a biomarker in melanoma, amino acids and their derivatives in liver disease, atherosclerosis risk factors measured in blood, and coagulation-related genetic polymorphisms and coronary risk. Studies of lipid and homocysteine status situate plasma analytes within cardiometabolic assessment. Methods span component preparation and storage, plasma protein and metabolite analysis, biomarker discovery, and clinical and observational study. This body of research treats blood plasma as both a therapeutic resource and an analytical window into systemic physiology, whose proteins, metabolites, and circulating markers inform transfusion practice, diagnosis, and the study of disease.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 46 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Blood Transfusion (ISSN 3070-1937).

Journal editorial board
PROF OSARO ERHABOR · United Kingdom Nobu Akiyama · Japan Young-Kyun Lee · South Korea

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