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Platelet adhesion to decorin but not collagen I correlates with the integrin α2 dimorphism E534K, the basis of the human platelet alloantigen (HPA)-5 system.
Haematologica - 1 May 2012
Kunicki Thomas J, Williams Shirley A, Diaz Daniel, Farndale Richard W, Nugent Diane J
Abstract excerpt
A single nucleotide polymorphism in the integrin α2 gene ITGA2 (rs1801106; G1600A) creates the non-conservative amino acid substitution E534K, the basis of the human platelet alloantigen system HPA-5. Yet HPA-5 alleles do not influence binding of α2β1 to its primary ligand collagen I, and the effect of HPA-5 on platelet function has not been determined. We used a direct platelet adhesion assay to evaluate whether...
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