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CD226 mediates platelet and megakaryocytic cell adhesion to vascular endothelial cells.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 19 Sept 2003
Kojima Hiroshi, Kanada Hirotaka, Shimizu Seiichi, Kasama Emi, Shibuya Kazuko, Nakauchi Hiromitsu, Nagasawa Toshiro, Shibuya Akira
Abstract excerpt
Platelet adhesion to vascular endothelial cells is a pathophysiologically relevant cell-to-cell interaction. However, the mechanisms underlying this cellular interaction are incompletely understood. In search of the ligand for CD226 adhesion molecule expressed on platelets, we found that human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) express significant amount of putative CD226 ligand. We demonstrated that...
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