Blood

Synonyms

peripheral blood

Description

The fluid that circulates in the heart, arteries, capillaries, and veins of a vertebrate animal carrying nourishment and oxygen to and bringing away waste products from all parts of the body [Source: Brenda].

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 236 changes through the filter results page.

Physiological (35) View on results page

Albumin levels decrease Aldosterone secretion, blood levels and clearance decrease Blood cholesterol increases Blood sugar changes Blood volume per unit of body weight unchanged Cholesterol level - High (Female) Cholesterol level - High (Male) Chronic inflammation increases Circadian plasma melatonin flattened Cortisol levels increased Decrease in melatonin concentration and loss of circadian rhythm for secretion DHEA levels decrease Glycosylation of immunoglobulin G molecules changes with age 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 Mitochondrial DNA content in non-centenerians decreases with age Morning concentration of oestrone (E1) declines Morning concentration of sex-hormone binding globulin declines Morning concentrations of oestradiol decline Morning concentrations of testosterone decline Mosaic abnormalities increase No changes in erythroid and myeloid progenitor cells evident 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 Regulation of the acid-base equilibrium of the blood unchanged Sex hormone binding globulin levels increase Shift in reduced:oxidized glutathione ratio in favour of oxidized gluthione Thymic hormone levels decrease Triglyceride levels increase Vitamin C levels decrease

Molecular (5; 194 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 Circulating miR-21 expression increases Concentration of cell free DNA increases creatinine levels increase vitamin E levels decrease

Pathological (2) View on results page

Anemia Septicemia