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  • Title: Adhesive functions of platelets lacking glycoprotein IV (CD36).
    Author: Tandon NN, Ockenhouse CF, Greco NJ, Jamieson GA.
    Journal: Blood; 1991 Dec 01; 78(11):2809-13. PubMed ID: 1720035.
    Abstract:
    Glycoprotein IV (GPIV; CD36 or GPIIIb) is a cell surface glycoprotein that has been proposed as mediating a number of physiologically important processes such as the adhesion of platelets to thrombospondin (TSP) and collagen, the cytoadherence of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes, and the TSP-dependent interaction of monocytes with platelets and macrophages. Because platelets of the Naka-negative phenotype have recently been shown to lack detectable GPIV, their availability offered the opportunity to test directly these hypotheses regarding its adhesive functions. It has been found that Naka-negative platelets and monocytes do not support cytoadherence of P falciparum-infected erythrocytes. Naka-negative platelets are deficient in the initial stages of their adhesion to fibrillar collagen and this defect is most marked under Mg(2+)-free conditions. Finally, the ability of Naka-negative platelets to bind TSP before or after activation is unimpaired as compared with normal controls. These results do not support a role for GPIV as the TSP receptor.
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