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SUBMITTER: Zlobina KE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4962318 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20160727
Platelet activation in blood flow under high, overcritical shear rates is initiated by Von Willebrand factor. Despite the large amount of experimental data that have been obtained, the value of the critical shear rate, above which von Willebrand factor starts to activate platelets, is still controversial. Here, we recommend a theoretical approach to elucidate how the critical blood shear rate is dependent on von Willebrand factor size. We derived a diagram of platelet activation according to the ...[more]