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Rare platelet GPCR variants: what can we learn?
British journal of pharmacology - 1 Jul 2015
Nisar S P, Jones M L, Cunningham M R, Mumford A D, Mundell S J
Abstract excerpt
Platelet-expressed GPCRs are critical regulators of platelet function. Pharmacological blockade of these receptors forms a powerful therapeutic tool in the treatment and prevention of arterial thrombosis associated with coronary atherosclerosis and ischaemic stroke. However, anti-thrombotic drug therapy is associated with high inter-patient variability in therapeutic response and adverse bleeding side effects. In...
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