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 …

[HTML][HTML] Platelets in hemostasis and thrombosis: Novel mechanisms of fibrinogen-independent platelet aggregation and fibronectin-mediated protein wave of …

Y Hou, N Carrim, Y Wang, RC Gallant… - Journal of biomedical …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Platelets are small anucleate cells generated from megakaryocytes in the bone marrow.
Although platelet generation, maturation, and clearance are still not fully understood …

Regulation of platelet function and thrombosis by omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids

R Adili, M Hawley, M Holinstat - Prostaglandins & other lipid mediators, 2018 - Elsevier
Thrombosis is the most common underlying pathology responsible for morbidity and
mortality in cardiovascular disease (CVD). Platelet adhesion, activation, and aggregation …

Oligomeric cocoa procyanidins possess enhanced bioactivity compared to monomeric and polymeric cocoa procyanidins for preventing the development of obesity …

MR Dorenkott, LE Griffin, KM Goodrich… - Journal of agricultural …, 2014 - ACS Publications
There is interest in the potential of cocoa flavanols, including monomers and procyanidins,
to prevent obesity and type-2 diabetes. Fermentation and processing of cocoa beans …

Anfibatide, a novel GPIb complex antagonist, inhibits platelet adhesion and thrombus formation in vitro and in vivo in murine models of thrombosis

X Lei, A Reheman, Y Hou, H Zhou… - Thrombosis and …, 2014 - thieme-connect.com
Platelet adhesion and aggregation at the sites of vascular injury are key events for
thrombosis and haemostasis. It has been well demonstrated that interaction between …

Cargo-free particles divert neutrophil-platelet aggregates to reduce thromboinflammation

AL Banka, MV Guevara, ER Brannon… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The combination of inflammation and thrombosis is a hallmark of many cardiovascular
diseases. Under such conditions, platelets are recruited to an area of inflammation by …

Plant food delphinidin-3-glucoside significantly inhibits platelet activation and thrombosis: novel protective roles against cardiovascular diseases

Y Yang, Z Shi, A Reheman, JW Jin, C Li, Y Wang… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Delphinidin-3-glucoside (Dp-3-g) is one of the predominant bioactive compounds of
anthocyanins in many plant foods. Although several anthocyanin compounds have been …

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 …

Striking immune phenotypes in gene-targeted mice are driven by a copy-number variant originating from a commercially available C57BL/6 strain

VS Mahajan, E Demissie, H Mattoo, V Viswanadham… - Cell reports, 2016 - cell.com
We describe a homozygous copy-number variant that disrupts the function of Dock2 in a
commercially available C57BL/6 mouse strain that is widely used for backcrossing. This …