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Outside-In Signalling Generated by a Constitutively Activated Integrin αIIbβ3 Impairs Proplatelet Formation in Human Megakaryocytes
23 Apr 2012
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BACKGROUND: The interaction of megakaryocytes with matrix proteins of the osteoblastic and vascular niche is essential for megakaryocyte maturation and proplatelet formation. Fibrinogen is present in the vascular niche and the fibrinogen receptor α(IIb)β(3) is abundantly expressed on megakaryocytes, however the role of the interaction between fibrinogen and α(IIb)β(3) in proplatelet formation in humans is not yet...
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