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ReviewPlatelets2017

The nuts and bolts of the platelet release reaction.

Smita Joshi, Sidney W Whiteheart

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Review in Platelets, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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48citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. The winding road to platelet α-granules.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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  18. Platelet-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Arterial Thrombosis.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2023
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  19. A sensitive and adaptable method to measure platelet-fibrin clot contraction kinetics.Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Smita Joshia Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry , University of Kentucky , Lexington , KY , USA.
Sidney W Whitehearta Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry , University of Kentucky , Lexington , KY , USA.

Funding

MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF PLATELET EXOCYTOSISR01HL056652 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI WHITEHEART, SIDNEY WALDO · 1996 to 2019
$5.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL056652
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Secretion is essential to many of the roles that platelets play in the vasculature, e.g., thrombosis, angiogenesis, and inflammation, enabling platelets to modulate the microenvironment at sites of vascular lesions with a myriad of bioactive molecules stored in their granules. Past studies demonstrate that granule cargo release is mediated by Soluble NSF Attachment Protein Receptor (SNARE) proteins, which are required for granule-plasma membrane fusion. Several SNARE regulators, which control when, where, and how the SNAREs interact, have been identified in platelets. Additionally, platelet SNAREs are controlled by post-translational modifications, e.g., phosphorylation and acylation. Although there have been many recent insights into the mechanisms of platelet secretion, many questions remain: have we identified all the important regulators, does calcium directly control the process, and is platelet secretion polarized. In this review, we focus on the mechanics of platelet secretion and discuss how the secretory machinery functions in the pathway leading to membrane fusion and cargo release.

Indexed as

AnimalsBlood PlateletsCytoplasmic GranulesExocytosisHumansMembrane FusionSNARE ProteinsTransport VesiclesSNARE ProteinsExocytosisMunc13Munc18RabSNAREsSTXBP5

Identifiers

PMID27848265
PMCPMC5446778

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