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Hemostatic, inflammatory, and fibroblast responses are blunted in mice lacking gelsolin.
Cell - 7 Apr 1995
Witke W, Sharpe A H, Hartwig J H, Azuma T, Stossel T P, Kwiatkowski D J
Abstract excerpt
Gelsolin, an 82 kDa actin-binding protein, has potent actin filament-severing activity in vitro. To investigate the in vivo function of gelsolin, transgenic gelsolin-null (Gsn-) mice were generated and found to have normal embryonic development and longevity. However, platelet shape changes are decreased in Gsn- mice, causing prolonged bleeding times. Neutrophil migration in vivo into peritoneal exudates and in...
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