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Protection against thrombosis in mice lacking PAR3.
Blood - 1 Nov 2002
Weiss Ethan J, Hamilton Justin R, Lease Katy E, Coughlin Shaun R
Abstract excerpt
The recent observation that knock-out of protease-activated receptor-4 (PAR4) ablates thrombin signaling in mouse platelets and protects against ferric chloride-induced thrombosis of mouse mesenteric arterioles suggests that thrombin's actions on platelets can play an important role in thrombosis. Complete ablation of thrombin signaling would be difficult to achieve in human beings because human platelets have 2...
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