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SUBMITTER: Kirkby NS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3785756 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kirkby Nicholas S NS Lundberg Martina H MH Chan Melissa V MV Vojnovic Ivana I Solomon Antonia B AB Emerson Michael M Mitchell Jane A JA Warner Timothy D TD
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20130903 39
Circulating platelets are constantly exposed to nitric oxide (NO) released from the vascular endothelium. This NO acts to reduce platelet reactivity, and in so doing blunts platelet aggregation and thrombus formation. For successful hemostasis, platelet activation and aggregation must occur at sites of vascular injury despite the constant presence of NO. As platelets aggregate, they release secondary mediators that drive further aggregation. Particularly significant among these secondary mediato ...[more]