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Identification of variation in the platelet transcriptome associated with glycoprotein 6 haplotype.
Platelets - 1 Jun 2008
Burns Philippa, Gusnanto Arief, Macaulay Iain C, Rankin Angela, Tom Brian, Langford Cordelia F, Dudbridge Frank, Ouwehand Willem H, Watkins Nicholas A
Abstract excerpt
Platelet Glycoprotein VI (GPVI) is the activatory collagen signalling receptor that transmits an outside-in signal via the FcR gamma-chain. In Caucasians two GP6 haplotypes have been identified which encode GPVI isoforms that differ by five amino-acids. The minor haplotype is associated with a modest but statistically significant reduction in GPVI abundance and reduced downstream signalling events. As GPVI is...
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