Genetic and pharmacological modifications of thrombin formation in apolipoprotein e-deficient mice determine atherosclerosis severity and atherothrombosis onset in a neutrophil-dependent manner.

BACKGROUND: Variations in the blood coagulation activity, determined genetically or by medication, may alter atherosclerotic plaque progression, by influencing pleiotropic effects of coagulation proteases. Published experimental studies have yielded contradictory findings on the role of hypercoagula...

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Main Authors: Julian I Borissoff, Jeroen J T Otten, Sylvia Heeneman, Peter Leenders, René van Oerle, Oliver Soehnlein, Sarah T B G Loubele, Karly Hamulyák, Tilman M Hackeng, Mat J A P Daemen, Jay L Degen, Hartmut Weiler, Charles T Esmon, Joanne van Ryn, Erik A L Biessen, Henri M H Spronk, Hugo ten Cate
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3567111?pdf=render