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SUBMITTER: Ju L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5852038 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ju Lining L McFadyen James D JD Al-Daher Saheb S Alwis Imala I Chen Yunfeng Y Tønnesen Lotte L LL Maiocchi Sophie S Coulter Brianna B Calkin Anna C AC Felner Eric I EI Cohen Neale N Yuan Yuping Y Schoenwaelder Simone M SM Cooper Mark E ME Zhu Cheng C Jackson Shaun P SP
Nature communications 20180314 1
Diabetes is associated with an exaggerated platelet thrombotic response at sites of vascular injury. Biomechanical forces regulate platelet activation, although the impact of diabetes on this process remains ill-defined. Using a biomembrane force probe (BFP), we demonstrate that compressive force activates integrin α<sub>IIb</sub>β<sub>3</sub> on discoid diabetic platelets, increasing its association rate with immobilized fibrinogen. This compressive force-induced integrin activation is calcium ...[more]