Zebrafish Thrombocytes: Functions and Origins

Platelets play an important role in mammalian hemostasis. Thrombocytes of early vertebrates are functionally equivalent to mammalian platelets. A substantial amount of research has been done to study platelet function in humans as well as in animal models. However, to date only limited functional...

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Main Authors: Gauri Khandekar, Seongcheol Kim, Pudur Jagadeeswaran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Advances in Hematology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/857058