Figure 5.
Kinetics of PS exposure and FSC decrease after activating marine mammal platelets in whole blood samples with calcium ionophore A23187. (A,D,G,J) Gating of the main platelet population on CD41-PE/Log VSSC dot plots for further kinetic representation of changes over time in Annexin-V-FITC fluorescence (B,E,H,K) and Log FSC (C,F,I,L) after addition of calcium ionophore A23187 50 s after the start of the run. Plots are representative examples of the results obtained with Bottlenose dolphins (A–C); Beluga whales (D–F); Walruses (G–I) and Sea lions (J–L).