“…PBMNC-derived microparticles post-irradiation also initiated the plasma clotting faster than microparticles derived from controls. The radiation induced TF expression and increase in procoagulability of PBMNCs and cell-derived microparticles may represent a possible mechanism by which ionizing radiation enhances blood thrombogenicity (203). In a study performed with leukoreduced fresh-frozen plasma irradiated with 30 Gy of γ-rays, prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), thrombin time, antithrombin III, protein C, protein S, vWF, ristocetin cofactor, plasminogen–α2-antiplasmin, the coagulation factors fibrinogen, FII, FV, FVII, VIII, F IX, FX, FXI, FXII, FXIII, and activated factor XII (FXIIa), D-dimer, fibrin monomer, thrombin–antithrombin complex, prothrombin fragment 1 + 2 (F1+2), plasmin–α2-antiplasmin complexes, and platelet factor 4 were determined, and PT, aPTT and FVIII activities were found to be decreased significantly, whereas activities of the coagulation factors FII, FV, FVII, FIX, FX, FXII were increased significantly post- irradiation (204).…”