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Blood Platelets

Known as: Platelet, Blood, Bizzozero's corpuscle/cell, Deetjeen's body 
An irregular, disc-shaped element in the blood that assists in blood clotting. Platelets are not blood cells, they are fragments of large bone marrow… 
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Blood coagulationClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium TerminologyCytochrome C oxidase:CCnc:Pt:Platelets:QnDrug induced platelet Ab:ACnc:Pt:Ser:Qn

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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Transcriptional activation of mammalian ornithine decarboxylase during stimulated growth
Cloned ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) (EC 4.1.1.17) cDNA was used to investigate the mechanisms which mediate the mitogenic… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Increased thromboxane biosynthesis in a human preparation of platelet activation: biochemical and functional consequences of selective inhibition of thromboxane synthase.
Although thromboxane A2 is a potent platelet agonist and vasoconstrictor in vitro, our knowledge of its pathophysiologic… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
A comparative study of eicosapentaenoic acid metabolism by human platelets in vivo and in vitro.
During long-term dietary n-3 fatty acid supplementation, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) is not incorporated into… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Ultrastructural evidence for extravascular platelet recruitment in the lung upon intravenous injection of platelet-activating factor (PAF-acether) to guinea-pigs.
Bronchoconstriction and degenerative lesions of the bronchial epithelium were observed microscopically 1 min after the i.v… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Modulation of Canine Myocardial Sarcolemmal Membrane Fluidity by Amphiphilic Compounds
Amphiphilic moieties such as lysophosphoglycerides and long-chain acyl camitines accumulate in ischemic myocardium and… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Specific binding by human polymorphonuclear leucocytes of the immunological mediator 1-O-hexadecyl/octadecyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphorylcholine.
The binding of the platelet-activating factor 1-O-hexadecyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphorylcholine (AGEPC) by human… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Release of platelet-activating factor and histamine. I. Effect of immune complexes, complement and neutrophils on human and rabbit mastocytes and basophils.
Immune complexes (ICs) triggered the degranulation of basophils/mastocytes in rabbit and man, thus releasing histamine and… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Prostaglandin endoperoxides and thromboxane A2 can induce platelet aggregation in the absence of secretion
PLATELET aggregation and secretion are widely studied not only because they are believed to reflect the major in vivo platelet… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Sodium arachidonate can induce platelet shape change and aggregation which are independent of the release reaction.
Sodium arachidonate causes shape change and aggregation of rabbit or human platelets that have been washed and then degranulated… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
The role of collagen quaternary structure in the platelet: collagen interaction.
WE HAVE INVESTIGATED WHETHER COLLAGEN QUETERNARY STRUCTURE IS REQUIRED FOR THE PLATELET: collagen interaction. Quaternary… 
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