platelet aggregation in a sentence
Examples
- This is confirmed by the observations of thrombocytin, which lacks the Trp215 residue, participates in platelet aggregation, but not in fibrinogenolytic activity.
- This chemokine is released from alpha-granules of activated platelets during platelet aggregation, and promotes blood coagulation by moderating the effects of heparin-like molecules.
- Sir John and a team from the Wellcome Foundation, had identified a lipid mediator they called PG-X, which inhibits platelet aggregation.
- Ignarro's research demonstrated that nitric oxide serves the functions of vasorelaxant and inhibitor of platelet aggregation, with both effects mediated by cyclic GMP.
- Hypercoagulability can be promoted by increased platelet count, enhanced platelet aggregation, increased protein S count, and a decrease in coagulation inhibiters like antithrombin.
- It can be contrasted with platelet aggregation, which refers to the processes or factors which lead to the adhesion of platelets to other platelets.
- It has been shown to reduce mean PAP by as much as 50 %, though it prolongs bleeding time by inhibiting collagen-induced platelet aggregation.
- Patients with this subtype are unable to use desmopressin as a treatment for bleeding, because it can lead to unwanted platelet aggregation and aggravation of thrombocytopenia.
- The pathophysiology of unstable angina is the reduction of coronary flow due to transient platelet aggregation on apparently normal endothelium, coronary artery spasms, or coronary thrombosis.
- The salivary apyrases of blood-feeding arthropods are nucleotide hydrolysing enzymes that are implicated in the inhibition of host platelet aggregation through the hydrolysis of extracellular adenosine diphosphate.