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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Oh JH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4330258 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Genomics & informatics 20141231 4
Platelets are derived from the fragments that are formed from the cytoplasm of bone marrow megakaryocytes-small irregularly shaped anuclear cells. Platelets respond to vascular damage, contracts blood vessels, and attaches to the damaged region, thereby stopping bleeding, together with the action of blood coagulation factors. Platelet activation is known to affect genes associated with vascular risk factors, as well as with arteriosclerosis and myocardial infarction. Here, we performed a genome- ...[more]