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A blood cell, also called a hematocyte, is a cell produced by hematopoiesis and normally found in blood. In mammals, these fall into three general categories:
Together, these three kinds of blood cells add up to a total 45% of the blood tissue by volume, with the remaining 55% of the volume composed of plasma, the liquid component of blood.[1] This volume percentage (e.g., 45%) of cells to total volume is called hematocrit, determined by centrifuge or flow cytometry. Hemoglobin (the main component of red blood cells) is an iron-containing protein that facilitates transportation of oxygen from the lungs to tissues and carbon dioxide from tissues to the lungs.
Red blood cells primarily carry oxygen and collect carbon dioxide through the use of hemoglobin, and have a lifetime of about 120 days. In the process of being formed they go through being a monopotent stem cell. They have the job alongside the white blood cells of protecting the healthy cells.
White blood cells are cells of the immune system involved in defending the body against both infectious disease and foreign materials. Five different and diverse types of leukocytes exist, but they are all produced and derived from a multipotent cell in the bone marrow known as a hematopoietic stem cell. They live for about 3 to 4 days in the average human body. Leukocytes are found throughout the body, including the blood and lymphatic system.
Platelets, or thrombocytes or yellow blood cells, are very small, irregularly shaped clear cell fragments (i.e. cells that do not have a nucleus containing DNA), 2–3 µm in diameter, which derive from fragmentation of precursor megakaryocytes. The average lifespan of a platelet is normally just 5 to 9 days. Platelets are a natural source of growth factors. They circulate in the blood of mammals and are involved in hemostasis, leading to the formation of blood clots. Platelets release thread-like fibers to form these clots.
If the number of platelets is too low, excessive bleeding can occur. However, if the number of platelets is too high, blood clots can form (thrombosis), which may obstruct blood vessels and result in such events as a stroke, myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism—or blockage of blood vessels to other parts of the body, such as the extremities of the arms or legs. An abnormality or disease of the platelets is called a thrombocytopathy, which can be either a low number of platelets (thrombocytopenia), a decrease in function of platelets (thrombasthenia), or an increase in the number of platelets (thrombocytosis). There are disorders that reduce the number of platelets, such as heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) or thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) that typically cause thromboses, or clots, instead of bleeding.
Platelets release a multitude of growth factors including Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), a potent chemotactic agent, and TGF beta, which stimulates the deposition of extracellular matrix. Both of these growth factors have been shown to play a significant role in the repair and regeneration of connective tissues. Other healing-associated growth factors produced by platelets include basic fibroblast growth factor, insulin-like growth factor 1, platelet-derived epidermal growth factor, and vascular endothelial growth factor. Local application of these factors in increased concentrations through Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) has been used as an adjunct to wound healing for several decades.
A complete blood count (CBC) is a test panel requested by a doctor or other medical professional that gives information about the cells in a patient's blood. A scientist or lab technician performs the requested testing and provides the requesting medical professional with the results of the CBC. In the past, counting the cells in a patient's blood was performed manually, by viewing a slide prepared with a sample of the patient's blood under a microscope. Today, this process is generally automated by use of an automated analyzer, with only approximately 10-20% of samples now being examined manually. Abnormally high or low counts may indicate the presence of many forms of disease, and hence blood counts are amongst the most commonly performed blood tests in medicine, as they can provide an overview of a patient's general health status.
In 1658 Dutch naturalist Jan Swammerdam was the first person to observe red blood cells under a microscope and in 1695, microscopist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, also Dutch, was the first to draw an illustration of "red corpuscles", as they were called. No further blood cells were discovered until 1842 when French physician Alfred Donné discovered platelets. The following year leukocytes were first observed by Gabriel Andral, a French professor of medicine, and William Addison, a British physician, simultaneously. Both men believed that both red and white cells were altered in disease. With these discoveries, hematology, a new field of medicine, was established. Even though agents for staining tissues and cells were available, almost no advances were made in knowledge about the morphology of blood cells until 1879, when Paul Ehrlich published his technique for staining blood films and his method for differential blood cell counting [2]
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リンク元 | 「血球」「blood cell」「hemocyte」「haemocyte」 |
関連記事 | 「corpuscle」「blood」 |
個数(/ul) | 個数(/ul) | 個数(%) | ||
赤血球 | 男:500万 女:450万 |
5000000 | 95.1 | |
白血球 |
5000-10000 | 7500 | 0.1 | |
血小板 |
15万-35万 | 250000 | 4.8 |
血球 | 直径(μm) |
前赤芽球 | 14~19 |
好塩基性赤芽球 | 12~17 |
多染性赤芽球 | 10~15 |
正染性赤芽球 | 8~12 |
赤血球 | 7~8.5 |
骨髄芽球 | 12~20 |
前骨髄球 | 16~23 |
骨髄球 | 12~20 |
後骨髄球 | 12~18 |
杆状核(好中球) | 10~18 |
分節核(好中球) | 10~16 |
分節核(好酸球) | 13~18 |
分節核(好塩基球) | 12~16 |
リンパ芽球 | 11~18 |
リンパ球 | 7~16 |
形質球 | 10~20 |
異形リンパ球 | 15~30 |
単球 | 13~21 |
巨核球(骨髄巨核球) | 35~160 |
血小板 | 2~4 |
赤血球 | 単球 | 好酸球 | 好中球 | 好塩基球 | リンパ球 | |
大きさ | 7~8μm | 12~20μm | 10~15μm | 10~13μm | 9~12μm | 7~15μm |
赤血球と比べた大きさ | ------ | かなり大きい | 2倍以上 | 約2倍 | 2倍弱 | 小リンパ球は同じ程度 |
細胞質 | アズール顆粒。 広く不規則な突起 |
橙赤色の粗大円形顆粒 | 暗紫色に染まる微細な顆粒 アズール顆粒 |
赤紫色の大小不同の顆粒 | 狭く淡い青色 | |
核 | くびれ有り | 2葉、眼鏡型 | 桿状好中球 分葉好中球 |
格の上にも顆粒あり | 球形 |
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