Exploring the interaction environment of blood cells : proteomic analysis of platelet releasate and platelet-monocyte interaction
Platelet-monocyte aggregates circulating in the blood are found to play an important role in cardiovascular disease, the most common cause of death in Canada, and are now an established early marker of acute events. Upon stimulation, monocytes transmigrate across the endothelial layer into the intim...
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Language: | English |
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University of British Columbia
2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42942 |