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Platelets from mice lacking the aryl hydrocarbon receptor exhibit defective collagen-dependent signaling.
Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH - 1 Jan 2014
Lindsey S, Jiang J, Woulfe D, Papoutsakis E T
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BACKGROUND: We previously identified aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) as a novel regulator of megakaryocytic differentiation and polyploidization and reported that AHR-null mice have approximately 15% fewer platelets than do wild-type mice, yet they exhibit a dramatic, unexplained bleeding phenotype. OBJECTIVES: The current work tests our hypothesis that AHR-null platelets are functionally deficient, contributing...
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