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ReviewJournal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany)2016

RAP1-GTPase signaling and platelet function.

Lucia Stefanini, Wolfgang Bergmeier

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Review in Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers.

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58citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 110 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lucia StefaniniInstitute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, University of Reading, Reading, UK.
Wolfgang BergmeierDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. bergmeie@email.unc.edu.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USUniversity of Reading · GB

Funding

Thrombosis Models CoreP01HL120846 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ABRAMS, CHARLES S. · 2014 to 2018
$12.2M
Spatial regulation of platelet activation by Podoplanin-Clec2 signalingR01HL121650 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BERGMEIER, WOLFGANG, KAHN, MARK L · 2014 to 2017
$1.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL120846NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL121650
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Platelets are critical for hemostasis, i.e., the body's ability to prevent blood loss at sites of vascular injury. They patrol the vasculature in a quiescent, non-adhesive state for approximately 10 days, after which they are removed from circulation by phagocytic cells of the reticulo-endothelial system. At sites of vascular injury, they promptly shift to an activated, adhesive state required for the formation of a hemostatic plug. The small GTPase RAP1 is a critical regulator of platelet adhesiveness. Our recent studies demonstrate that the antagonistic balance between the RAP1 regulators, CalDAG-GEFI and RASA3, is critical for the modulation of platelet adhesiveness, both in circulation and at sites of vascular injury. The RAP1 activator CalDAG-GEFI responds to small changes in the cytoplasmic calcium concentration and thus provides sensitivity and speed to the activation response, essential for efficient platelet adhesion under conditions of hemodynamic shear stress. The RAP1 inhibitor RASA3 ensures that circulating platelets remain quiescent by restraining CalDAG-GEFI-dependent RAP1 activation. Upon cellular stimulation, it is turned off by P2Y12 signaling to enable sustained RAP1 activation, required for the formation of a stable hemostatic plug. This review will summarize important studies that elucidated the signaling pathways that control RAP1 activation in platelets.

Indexed as

AnimalsBlood PlateletsCalciumGuanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsHumansMiceMice, KnockoutPhosphatidylinositol 4,5-DiphosphatePlatelet ActivationPlatelet Adhesivenessrap1 GTP-Binding ProteinsReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearReceptors, Purinergic P2Y12Shelterin ComplexSignal TransductionTelomere-Binding ProteinsCalciumGuanine Nucleotide Exchange Factorsinositol-1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate receptorP2RY12 protein, humanPhosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphaterap1 GTP-Binding ProteinsRASGRP2 protein, humanReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearReceptors, Purinergic P2Y12Shelterin ComplexTelomere-Binding ProteinsTERF2IP protein, humanGTPasePlateletsRAP1SignalingThrombosis

Identifiers

PMID26423530
PMCPMC4707086
OpenAlexW1875252081

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