Circulating Endothelial Microparticles in Diabetes Mellitus

Figure 1

Various sized microparticles were isolated from platelet-free plasma from a normal subject and analyzed by transmission electron microscopy. (a–d) Smallest particles noted around 0.2 $\mu$m in size. Note intact plasma membrane (pm) and various intracellular organelle remnants including Platelet microparticle (d). Note abundance of glycogen granules (gg), mitochondria (m), vacuole (v), and alpha granules (ag). Scale bar = 0.1 $\mu$m.

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