Table 1.

sCD40L concentrations in blood components



sCD40L, ng/mL
Blood components
Nonimplicated TRALI, U
Implicated TRALI, U
FP from healthy donors   0.01 ± 0.003   N/A  
FFP   1.3 ± 0.13*  N/A  
WB-Plts   7.9 ± 1.1*  14.0 ± 3.0* 
A-Plts
 
11.8 ± 0.82*
 
44.7 ± 4.5*
 


sCD40L, ng/mL
Blood components
Nonimplicated TRALI, U
Implicated TRALI, U
FP from healthy donors   0.01 ± 0.003   N/A  
FFP   1.3 ± 0.13*  N/A  
WB-Plts   7.9 ± 1.1*  14.0 ± 3.0* 
A-Plts
 
11.8 ± 0.82*
 
44.7 ± 4.5*
 

N/A indicates not applicable.

*

P < .05 from FP obtained through venipuncture from 5 healthy subjects.

P < .05 from WB-Plt concentrates that did not cause a transfusion reaction or from 5 A-Plt concentrates from healthy donors, respectively. Soluble CD40L concentrations were measured in duplicate by commercial human sCD40 ELISA. Numbers of units tested in all categories were as follows: 5 U FP, 10 U FFP, 57 samples from WB-Plt concentrates that did not cause transfusion reactions, 62 samples from WB-Plt concentrates implicated in TRALI, 5 U A-Plts from healthy donors, and 29 samples from A-Plt concentrates implicated in TRALI.

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