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Impaired hemostasis and protection against thrombosis in protease-activated receptor 4-deficient mice is due to lack of thrombin signaling in platelets.
Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH - 1 Aug 2004
Hamilton J R, Cornelissen I, Coughlin S R
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Platelets from protease-activated receptor 4 (PAR4)-deficient mice are unresponsive to thrombin, and Par4-/- mice have prolonged bleeding times and are protected against thrombosis. However, in addition to its role in platelets, PAR4 contributes to thrombin signaling in cells in the blood vessel wall that might participate in hemostasis and thrombosis, such as endothelial cells. To determine whether the...
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