Cancer and platelet crosstalk: opportunities and challenges for aspirin and other antiplatelet agents

XR Xu, GM Yousef, H Ni - Blood, The Journal of the American …, 2018 - ashpublications.org
Platelets have long been recognized as key players in hemostasis and thrombosis;
however, growing evidence suggests that they are also significantly involved in cancer, the …

Platelets are versatile cells: New discoveries in hemostasis, thrombosis, immune responses, tumor metastasis and beyond

XR Xu, D Zhang, BE Oswald, N Carrim… - Critical reviews in …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Platelets are small anucleate blood cells generated from megakaryocytes in the bone
marrow and cleared in the reticuloendothelial system. At the site of vascular injury, platelet …

Crosstalk between platelets and microbial pathogens

C Li, J Li, H Ni - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Platelets, small anucleate cells circulating in the blood, are critical mediators in haemostasis
and thrombosis. Interestingly, recent studies demonstrated that platelets contain both pro …

Platelets and platelet adhesion molecules: novel mechanisms of thrombosis and anti-thrombotic therapies

XR Xu, N Carrim, MAD Neves, T McKeown… - Thrombosis journal, 2016 - Springer
Platelets are central mediators of thrombosis and hemostasis. At the site of vascular injury,
platelet accumulation (ie adhesion and aggregation) constitutes the first wave of hemostasis …

Apolipoprotein A-IV binds αIIbβ3 integrin and inhibits thrombosis

XR Xu, Y Wang, R Adili, L Ju, CM Spring, JW Jin… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Platelet αIIbβ3 integrin and its ligands are essential for thrombosis and hemostasis, and play
key roles in myocardial infarction and stroke. Here we show that apolipoprotein A-IV (apoA …

In vitro assessment and phase I randomized clinical trial of anfibatide a snake venom derived anti-thrombotic agent targeting human platelet GPIbα

BX Li, X Dai, XR Xu, R Adili, MAD Neves, X Lei… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The interaction of platelet GPIbα with von Willebrand factor (VWF) is essential to initiate
platelet adhesion and thrombosis, particularly under high shear stress conditions. However …

Extracellular matrix proteins in the regulation of thrombus formation

Y Wang, RC Gallant, H Ni - Current opinion in hematology, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Extracellular matrix proteins in the regulation of thrombus... : Current Opinion in Hematology
Extracellular matrix proteins in the regulation of thrombus formation : Current Opinion in …

Novel contact–kinin inhibitor sylvestin targets thromboinflammation and ameliorates ischemic stroke

Z Zhang, C Shen, M Fang, Y Han, C Long… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Ischemic stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Increasing evidence
indicates that ischemic stroke is a thromboinflammatory disease in which the contact–kinin …

The integrin PSI domain has an endogenous thiol isomerase function and is a novel target for antiplatelet therapy

G Zhu, Q Zhang, EC Reddy, N Carrim… - Blood, The Journal …, 2017 - ashpublications.org
Integrins are a large family of heterodimeric transmembrane receptors differentially
expressed on almost all metazoan cells. Integrin β subunits contain a highly conserved …

Fibronectin maintains the balance between hemostasis and thrombosis

Y Wang, H Ni - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2016 - Springer
Fibronectin is a dimeric protein widely distributed in solid tissues and blood. This major
extracellular matrix protein is indispensable for embryogenesis and plays crucial roles in …