Platelet activation Flashcards
Process initiated by blood vessel injury
Exposes collagen, releases VWF, releases tissue factor
Platelet adhesion process
Platelets adhere to a foreign surface
Initiating factor of platelet adhesion
Exposure of subendothelial collagen
Effect of damaged endothelial cells on VWF
release VWF from storage
VWF behavior upon release
VWF unrolls and becomes fibrillar
Platelet binding site for VWF
GPIbα portion of GP Ib/IX/V
Nature of VWF-platelet binding
Reversible binding that ‘tethers’ or decelerates the platelet
Role of ADAMTS-13 in VWF binding
Digests unused VWF to localize platelet-VWF interactions
Effect of GP VI binding to collagen
Activates internal platelet pathways and releases TXA2 and ADP
Process initiated by blood vessel injury
Exposes collagen, releases VWF, releases tissue factor
Effect of blood vessel injury on collagen
Collagen is exposed
Effect of blood vessel injury on VWF
VWF is released
Effect of blood vessel injury on tissue factor
Tissue factor is released
Platelet adhesion process
Platelets adhere to a foreign surface
Initiating factor of platelet adhesion
Exposure of subendothelial collagen
Effect of damaged endothelial cells on VWF
release VWF from storage