Platelets Induce Apoptosis during Sepsis in a Contact-Dependent Manner That Is Inhibited by GPIIb/IIIa Blockade

• Matthew Sharron,

  Affiliations Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Department of Integrative Systems Biology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C., United States of America

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• Claire E. Hoptay,

  Affiliations Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C., United States of America

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• Andrew A. Wiles,

  Affiliation Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America

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• Lindsay M. Garvin,

  Affiliations Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C., United States of America

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• Mayya Geha,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C., United States of America

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• Angela S. Benton,

  Affiliation Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America

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• Kanneboyina Nagaraju,

  Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Department of Integrative Systems Biology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America

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• Robert J. Freishtat

  * E-mail: rfreishtat@cnmcresearch.org

  Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Department of Integrative Systems Biology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America

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