Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Stimulate Platelets and Facilitate Thrombus Formation through Platelet CLEC-2: Implications in Atherothrombosis

• Osamu Inoue,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi 409–3898, Japan

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• Kazuya Hokamura,

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan

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• Toshiaki Shirai,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi 409–3898, Japan

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• Makoto Osada,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi 409–3898, Japan

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• Nagaharu Tsukiji,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi 409–3898, Japan

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• Kinta Hatakeyama,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Kazuo Umemura,

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan

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• Yujiro Asada,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Katsue Suzuki-Inoue ,

  * E-mail: katsuei@yamanashi.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi 409–3898, Japan

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• Yukio Ozaki

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi 409–3898, Japan

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