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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
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Magnetic and structural properties of Mn-implanted GaN
High doses (1015–5×1016 cm−2) of Mn+ ions were implanted into p-GaN at ∼350 °C and annealed at 700–1000 °C. At the high end of… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Modulation of protein kinase C and diverse cell functions by sphingosine--a pharmacologically interesting compound linking sphingolipids and signal transduction.
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Identification of two proteins (actin-binding protein and P235) that are hydrolyzed by endogenous Ca2+-dependent protease during platelet aggregation.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Platelet MAO activity and monoamine metabolites in cerebrospinal fluid in depressed and suicidal patients and in healthy controls
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Release of platelet-activating factor (PAF) and histamine. II. The cellular origin of human PAF: monocytes, polymorphonuclear neutrophils and basophils.
The origin of platelet activating factor (PAF) from human leucocytes was investigated. Purified monocytes release PAF passively… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Stimulation of phosphatidic acid production in platelets precedes the formation of arachidonate and parallels the release of serotonin.
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Aggregation of rabbit platelets by platelet-activating factor is independent of the release reaction and the arachidonate pathway and inhibited by membrane-active drugs.
Review
1978
Review
1978
Prostaglandins and thromboxanes.
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Metabolism of [14C]arachidonic acid by human platelets.
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Decreased uptake of 5-hydroxytryptamine in blood platelets from depressed patients
THE search for biological aberrations in affective disorders has been intensified within the last few years1. Special attention… 
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