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SUBMITTER: White-Adams TC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2756776 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
White-Adams Tara C TC Berny Michelle A MA Tucker Erik I EI Gertz Jacqueline M JM Gailani David D Urbanus Rolf T RT de Groot Philip G PG Gruber András A McCarty Owen J T OJ
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 20090806 10
<h4>Objective</h4>Factor XI (FXI) promotes hemostasis and thrombosis through enhancement of thrombin generation and has been shown to play a critical role in the formation of occlusive thrombi in arterial injury models. The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanisms governing interactions between FXI and platelets.<h4>Methods and results</h4>Platelet adhesion to immobilized FXI was abrogated in the presence of the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor antagonist, receptor-associated pr ...[more]