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Platelet homeostasis is regulated by platelet expression of CD47 under normal conditions and in passive immune thrombocytopenia.
Blood - 1 May 2005
Olsson Mattias, Bruhns Pierre, Frazier William A, Ravetch Jeffrey V, Oldenborg Per-Arne
Abstract excerpt
Interaction between target cell CD47 and the inhibitory macrophage receptor signal regulatory protein alpha (SIRPalpha) counteracts macrophage phagocytosis of CD47-expressing host cells. As platelets also express CD47, we asked whether inhibitory CD47/SIRPalpha signaling regulates normal platelet turnover and clearance of platelets in immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). CD47(-/-) mice had a mild spontaneous...
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