Gas6 receptors Axl, Sky and Mer enhance platelet activation and regulate thrombotic responses

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 733-741

  Gould, W R ^a   Baxi, S M ^a   Schroeder, R ^a   Peng, Y W ^a   Leadley, R J ^a   Peterson, J T ^a   Perrin, Lisa A ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas6; Platelets; Thrombosis; Tyro 3

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; CLOPIDOGREL; GROWTH ARREST SPECIFIC PROTEIN 6; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THROMBIN RECEPTOR ACTIVATING PEPTIDE 6; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR AXL; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR MER; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR SKY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AXL RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GAS6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; GAS6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GROWTH ARREST-SPECIFIC PROTEIN 6; MERTK PROTEIN, HUMAN; OLIGOPEPTIDE; ONCOPROTEIN; PAR 1 ACTIVATING PEPTIDE; PAR-1-ACTIVATING PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN KINASE SKY1; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRANULATION; DRUG EFFECT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOGENESIS; THROMBOSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THROMBOCYTE;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PLATELETS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; PLATELET ACTIVATION; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THROMBOSIS; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 23044496792     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2005.01186.x     Document Type: Article

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