46:. After platelets are recruited and begin to accumulate around the breakage, their “sticky” nature allows them to adhere to each other. This forms a platelet plug, which prevents more blood from leaving the body as well as any outside contaminants from getting in. The plug provides a temporary blockage of the break in the vasculature. As such, platelet plug formation occurs after
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Fibrinogen and vWF are known critical factors in hemostasis. However, it has been discovered that even in mice who lack both of these components, hemostasis and thrombosis still occur. This seems to suggest that there are other contributing molecules still undiscovered that may also play an important
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In addition, platelets are activated, they will also change shape in their cortical actin cytoskeleton. The platelets will transform from smooth, biconcave discs to fully spread cells. This dramatically increases their surface area and therefore allows for both increased blockage of the damaged cells
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While the general mechanisms of hemostasis and platelet plug formation have already been discovered, there is still much to learn in terms of the chemicals contributing to the process. Only the key factors have been identified; there are still many molecules present during hemostasis that scientists
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After platelets make contact with the focal point of the vascular injury, they begin to interact with each other to form a platelet aggregate. Platelet aggregation is mainly mediated by β3 (αIIbβ3) integrin and its ligands, such as vWF and fibrinogen. While platelet membranes have binding sites for
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will act as anchors to allow platelets to adhere onto the vessel wall. These molecules are released from the platelet themselves as a result of degranulation, a physiological change in the platelet's shape due to the secretion of the contents of the dense granules and alpha granules. From the dense
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Due to the shear force, a platelet thrombus attached to the blood vessel's walls can easily be swept away or disintegrated. As such, after the platelets have been anchored to the vessel wall, have been linked together, and have been enmeshed in fibrin, they must also be consolidated to ensure they
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The ADP secreted from the dense granules then binds to receptors on the membrane of platelets. However, to allow for platelet adhesion to occur requires an additional molecule. Glycoprotein lb is a protein on the surface of the platelet membrane that binds to vWF. When vWF is bound to glycoprotein
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lb, it helps the platelet interact with other surfaces, like the inside of a damaged vessel wall. At high shear stress levels, the GP1b-von
Willebrand Factor will initiate the platelet adhesion. This process will then be mediated by integrins, such as β1 (α2β1, α5β1) and β3 (αIIbβ3) integrins.
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Under normal physiological conditions, blood flows through the body without any noticeable aggregation of platelets. This is because platelets are not initially programmed to accumulate by themselves because this could cause an undesirable thrombosis. However, during hemostasis, coagulation is
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granules, serotonin and adenosine diphosphate are released. From the alpha granules come molecules such as the platelet-derived growth factor, fibrinogen, and the von
Willebrand factor (vWF), a glycoprotein critical in platelet activation and adhesion.
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of the blood vessels but before the creation of the fibrin mesh clot, which is the more permanent solution to the injury. The result of the platelet plug formation is the coagulation of blood. It can also be referred to as primary hemostasis.
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fibrinogen, they must be induced by thrombin. Thrombin triggers the binding of the adhesive platelets with vWF and fibrinogen. ADP can then catalyze the aggregation of platelets, allowing for fibrinogen to link two platelets together.
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in which platelet aggregation and adhesion result in a blocked coronary artery. As such, the same factors that cause platelets to coagulate during hemostasis can also contribute to unwanted thrombosis.
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As more platelets accumulate, they release more chemicals, which in turn attract even more platelets. This is a positive feedback loop that eventually results in the formation of the platelet thrombus.
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