Plasma

Synonyms

blood plasma

Description

Blood plasma is the straw-colored liquid component of blood in which the blood cells in whole blood are normally suspended. It makes up about 55% of the total blood volume. It is the intravascular fluid part of extracellular fluid (all body fluid outside of cells). It is mostly water (93% by volume) and contains dissolved proteins, glucose, clotting factors, mineral ions, hormones and carbon dioxide (plasma being the main medium for excretory product transportation). Plasma also serves as the protein reserve of the human body. It plays a vital role in intravascular osmotic effect that keeps electrolyte in balance form and protects the body from infection and other blood disorders [Source: Wikipedia].

Structure

Changes associated with this tissue

Due to the potentially large amount of high-throughput molecular changes these have been excluded below. You can view the full list of 33 changes through the filter results page.

Physiological (26) View on results page

Albumin levels decrease Aldosterone secretion, blood levels and clearance decrease Blood cholesterol increases Blood sugar changes Cholesterol level - High (Female) Cholesterol level - High (Male) Circadian plasma melatonin flattened Cortisol levels increased Decrease in melatonin concentration and loss of circadian rhythm for secretion DHEA levels decrease Increase in follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) preceding menopause Inhibin levels decline Interleukin-15 levels decrease in plasma and muscle Mean blood glucose level increases Morning concentration of oestrone (E1) declines Morning concentration of sex-hormone binding globulin declines Morning concentrations of oestradiol decline Morning concentrations of testosterone decline Oxidative increase in cystine/cysteine ratio Plasma and urinary catecholamine elevation after stimuli Prolactin decreases in females Prolactin increases in males Ratio of oxidized to unoxidized plasma albumin increases Sex hormone binding globulin levels increase Thymic hormone levels decrease Triglyceride levels increase

Molecular (3; 4 in total) View on results page

Changes from high-throughput approaches are excluded but can be viewed on the results page.

blood HSP70 level increase Concentration of cell free DNA increases creatinine levels increase