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ArticleFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2025

Lyophilized human platelet lysate: manufacturing, quality control, and application.

Kerstin Wendland, Lea Koblin, Dirk Stobbe, Anna Dahms, Debora Singer, Sander Bekeschus, Jan Wesche, Janosch Schoon, Konstanze Aurich

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Article in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. From Donation to Innovation: New Blood-Derived Products.Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy : offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhamatologie · 2026
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Kerstin WendlandInstitute of Transfusion Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
Lea KoblinInstitute of Transfusion Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
Dirk StobbeCenter for Orthopaedics, Trauma Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
Anna DahmsInstitute of Transfusion Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
Debora SingerZIK Plasmatis, Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP), Greifswald, Germany.
Sander BekeschusZIK Plasmatis, Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP), Greifswald, Germany.
Jan WescheInstitute of Transfusion Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
Janosch Schoon *Center for Orthopaedics, Trauma Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
Konstanze Aurich *Institute of Transfusion Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: A significant number of platelet concentrates (PCs) is discarded daily in blood banks due to limited shelf life. Human platelet lysate (HPL), derived from expired PCs, has gained attention as an ethical and sustainable cell culture media supplement in biomedical research and cell therapy production. However, HPL is subject to decisive disadvantages such as batch differences and lack of storage stability. To overcome these limitations and to enhance the applicability of HPL, we developed an HPL manufacturing protocol including a lyophilization process. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of HPL lyophilization on parameters of quality control, including growth factor concentrations and the culture of human mesenchymal stromal cells (hMSCs). Methods: We performed a paired comparison of six batches of HPL and lyophilized HPL (L-HPL) regarding the quality parameters pH, total protein, osmolality, sodium, potassium and chloride concentration. Concentrations of 11 growth factors and cytokines were compared between HPL and L-HPL. Additionally, we determined cell yield, proliferation capacity, viability and trilineage differentiation potential of hMSCs following expansion in HPL- and L-HPL-supplemented cell culture media. Results: Quantification of the quality parameters revealed non-altered pH, osmolality and potassium concentrations and slightly lower total protein, sodium and chloride concentrations of L-HPL compared to HPL. Growth factor and cytokine concentrations did not differ between HPL and L-HPL. Cell yield, division cycles and viability of hMSCs cultured in either HPL- or L-HPL-containing media were comparable. Cells differentiated in medium containing L-HPL showed a slightly higher capacity for osteogenic differentiation, while adipogenic differentiation and chondrogenic differentiation potentials remained unchanged. Conclusion: We successfully developed a method to produce well-applicable L-HPL. The comparison of L-HPL with HPL did not reveal any relevant differences regarding quality control parameters of routine testing, growth factor concentrations and hMSC functionality, demonstrating the suitability of L-HPL as a cell culture supplement. These results emphasize the potential of L-HPL as a sustainable and ethical alternative to animal-derived serum products in biomedical research and drug development.

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freeze dryingHPLhuman platelet lysatelyophilizationmesenchymal stromal cellssustainable cell culture

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PMCPMC11807961

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