Platelet factor 4-heparin complexes trigger immune responses independently of the MyD88 pathway

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 671-673

  Suvarna, Shayela ^a   Qi, Rui ^a   Hollingsworth, John W ^a   Arepally, Gowthami M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Heparin; Heparin induced thrombocytopenia; MyD88; Platelet factor 4; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; THROMBOCYTE FACTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; LETTER; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTICOAGULANTS; HEPARIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLATELET FACTOR 4; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 47649113597     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07240.x     Document Type: Letter

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