“…Another potential therapeutic target is cellular microparticles, which are small vesicles formed by plasma membranes of various vascular cells such as endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells, platelets, leukocytes, and erythrocytes [45]. Cellular microparticles are released from the membranes by triggers causing cellular activation or apoptosis including cytokines, hypoxia and shear stress, and transfer receptors and cytosolic contents such as enzymes, ribonucleic, and deoxyribonucleic acids to cells of different origin [45,46]. In clinical SAH, plasma levels of various cell-derived microparticles, especially tissue factor-expressing and endothelial cellassociated microparticles, were elevated at day 0 post-SAH, and the development of cerebral infarction by day 14, suggesting the linkage among inflammation, endothelial dysfunction, and thrombosis, were predicted [47].…”