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Advanced glycation end products induce a prothrombotic phenotype in mice via interaction with platelet CD36.
Blood - 21 Jun 2012
Zhu Weifei, Li Wei, Silverstein Roy L
Abstract excerpt
Diabetes mellitus has been associated with platelet hyperreactivity, which plays a central role in the hyperglycemia-related prothrombotic phenotype. The mechanisms responsible for this phenomenon are not established. In the present study, we investigated the role of CD36, a class-B scavenger receptor, in this process. Using both in vitro and in vivo mouse models, we demonstrated direct and specific interactions...
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