Flow-induced elongation of von Willebrand factor precedes tension-dependent activation

Von Willebrand factor (VWF) is a blood protein involved in clotting and is proposed to be activated by flow, but the mechanism is unknown. Here the authors show that VWF is first converted from a compact to linear form by flow, and is subsequently activated to bind GPIbα in a tension-dependent manne...

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Auteurs principaux: Hongxia Fu, Yan Jiang, Darren Yang, Friedrich Scheiflinger, Wesley P. Wong, Timothy A. Springer
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Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/a5fbfb5781ac4911a873b2e2e5610c15
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