Plasma donation induces a protein expression profile shift in circulating human blood

Abstract

Commercial plasma donation yields a change in protein concentration similar to that observed in therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) in humans. The post-donation expression profile shows an increase in many proteins after even a single donation, and the effect is enhanced with additional donations. Unlike TPE, human plasma donation returns saline without albumin to the donor, thus eliminating supplemental albumin as a contributing factor. The observed fold change falls outside the variation expected by natural circadian expression changes. N=6 humans (four donors, one monthly control and one circadian test). Seventeen antibody tests were performed, measuring the concentration of 507 proteins for each test.