Platelet-Derived Microvesicles in Cardiovascular Diseases

Microvesicles (MVs) circulating in the blood are small vesicles (100–1,000 nm in diameter) derived from membrane blebs of cells such as activated platelets, endothelial cells, and leukocytes. A growing body of evidence now supports the concept that platelet-derived microvesicles (PMVs), the most abu...

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Main Authors: Maria T. K. Zaldivia, James D. McFadyen, Bock Lim, Xiaowei Wang, Karlheinz Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcvm.2017.00074/full