Peripheral Blood Products
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Peripheral Blood Biospecimens are a critical tool in immunology research due to their significant role in protecting and maintaining healthy bodily functions. We use the term “Peripheral Blood” to describe a broad category of human biospecimens that are related to the human body’s circulatory system. At Conversant Bio, we offer a wide variety of human peripheral blood samples from normal donors and from patients with cancer or autoimmune/inflammatory disorders. Some of the most popular peripheral blood products include our peripheral blood mononuclear cells, peripheral blood isolated B-Cells, and peripheral blood viable plated cells. To learn more about our individual peripheral blood products browse the items below. If you are interested in obtaining a specific biospecimen or don’t see what you are looking for please click the "have questions?" icon below and someone from our team will contact you shortly. Because Patients Are Waiting… |
| Peripheral Blood is the term used to describe the blood that flows throughout the arteries, veins, and capillaries of the human body. It is defined as peripheral blood when the sample is obtained from blood in systemic circulation (i.e., remote from the heart). It is the primary method for transporting nutrients such as oxygen and carbon dioxide through the body. Peripheral Blood is composed of 3 primary components: erythrocytes (red blood cells), leukocytes (white blood cells), and thrombocytes (blood platelets). The medium which allows these components to flow through the body is called blood plasma. Erythrocytes, or red blood cells, are the primary transportation mechanism for oxygen throughout the human body. In normal (healthy) samples, the mature form of the cell is non-nucleated, reddish, biconcave disk. Each of these cells contains hemoglobin, the iron-containing metalloprotein that allows for oxygen-transport. Leukocytes, or white blood cells, have a crucial role in the immune system and are meant to protect the body against diseases. In normal samples, they are a colorless blood corpuscle capable of ameboid movement. Blood platelets (thrombocytes) are the irregularly shaped disk-like particles in the blood and have no defined nucleus, DNA, or hemoglobin. Blood platelets contain active enzymes and mitochondria and are therefore primarily responsible for blood coagulation. Blood Plasma is the clear, yellowish fluid portion of blood, lymph, or intramuscular fluid in which these cellular components are suspended. |


