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Thromboregulatory manifestations in human CD39 transgenic mice and the implications for thrombotic disease and transplantation.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 May 2004
Dwyer Karen M, Robson Simon C, Nandurkar Harshal H, Campbell Duncan J, Gock Hilton, Murray-Segal Lisa J, Fisicaro Nella, Mysore Tharun B, Kaczmarek Elzbieta, Cowan Peter J, d'Apice Anthony J F
Abstract excerpt
Extracellular nucleotides play an important role in thrombosis and inflammation, triggering a range of effects such as platelet activation and recruitment, endothelial cell activation, and vasoconstriction. CD39, the major vascular nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase (NTPDase), converts ATP and ADP to AMP, which is further degraded to the antithrombotic and anti-inflammatory mediator adenosine. Deletion of...
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