Representative graphs of flow cytometry analysis of circulating microparticles from one of the subjects.

<p>A. Circulating microparticles are represented on a forward scatter/side scatter dot plot. Total microparticles are defined as events with a size of 0.1 to 1.0 µm gated in window A using 1 µm-diameter calibrant beads as interior criterion prior to the sample testing. B. Size-selected events are plotted according to their fluorescence for specific CD42b-FITC(PMT2) and CD31-PE(PMT3) binding on a two-fluorescence plot. Events included in B1 section (CD31+/CD42b-) were considered microparticles mainly of endothelial origin.