Platelets are the smallest blood cells, numbering 150 to 350× 10 9/L in healthy individuals.
The ability of activated platelets to adhere to an injured vessel wall and form aggregates was …

Blood is considered to be precious because it is the basic necessity for health; our body
needs a steady provision of oxygen, supplied via blood, to reach billions of tissues and cells …

When platelet numbers are low or when their function is disabled, the risk of bleeding is
high, which on the one hand indicates that in normal life vascular damage is a rather …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are generated within activated platelets and play an
important role in regulating platelet responses to collagen and collagen-mediated thrombus …

Platelet adhesion is an essential function in response to vascular injury and is generally
viewed as the first step during which single platelets bind through specific membrane …

Glycoprotein (GP) Ibα of the GPIb-IX–V complex and GPVI bind von Willebrand factor (vWF)
and collagen, respectively, and are critical for the initial interaction of circulating platelets …

Platelets were traditionally considered to purely have a role in the maintenance of
haemostasis. Recently their role in vasomotor function, inflammation and atherosclerosis …

The general notion that functional platelets are important for successful hematogenous
tumor metastasis has been inaugurated more than 4 decades ago and has since been …

Background—Ischemic stroke is a frequent and serious disease with limited treatment
options. Platelets can adhere to hypoxic cerebral endothelial cells by binding of their …

Platelets play a variety of roles in vascular biology and are best recognized as primary
hemostasis and thrombosis mediators. Platelets have a large number of receptors and …