Low-Level Mercury Can Enhance Procoagulant Activity of Erythrocytes: A New Contributing Factor for Mercury-Related Thrombotic Disease
Author(s) -
KyungMin Lim,
Sujin Kim,
Ji-Yoon Noh,
Keunyoung Kim,
Won-Hee Jang,
OkNam Bae,
Seung-Min Chung,
JinHo Chung
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.0901473
Subject(s) - phosphatidylserine , chemistry , prothrombinase , biochemistry , in vivo , microvesicle , platelet , ex vivo , intracellular , biophysics , thrombin , biology , in vitro , immunology , microvesicles , phospholipid , membrane , microrna , microbiology and biotechnology , gene
Associations between cardiovascular diseases and mercury have been frequently described, but underlying mechanisms are poorly understood.
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