Abstract
Type VI collagen has been recently identified as a major constituent of vascular subendothelium where it serves as a binding site for von Willebrand factor. The present study compares the functional characteristics of type VI collagen with those of type I collagen with respect to platelet aggregating and secretory activities. The differences between the two collagens in platelet aggregation and serotonin and betathromboglobulin release were found to be highly significant (p<0.001,p<0.0007, p<0.005 respectively). Our results indicate that under in vitro conditions, type VI collagen stimulates a significantly lesser platelet activation and aggregation response than collagen I, suggesting that type VI collagen may play a role in vivo to limit the platelet thrombotic response following injury to the vascular subendothelium.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 429-436 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Thrombosis Research |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue number | 5-6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 15 Sep 1995 |
Keywords
- Collagen I
- VI
- activation
- platelet aggregation