Open AccessAgoniste en reseptore verantwoordelik vir die aktivering van bloedplaatjies: 'n kort oorsig
Author(s) -
A. W. van Rijswijk,
A. E. du Toit
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
suid-afrikaanse tydskrif vir natuurwetenskap en tegnologie/die suid-afrikaanse tydskrif vir natuurwetenskap en tegnologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2222-4173
pISSN - 0254-3486
DOI - 10.4102/satnt.v11i4.546
Subject(s) - platelet , phagocytosis , hemostasis , inflammation , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , immunology , medicine
Few fields of physiology have been so intensely studied in the past decade as the function of platelets. This interest is partly due to the increasing realization of the important role of platelets in the body, not only during hemostasis but in other physiological processes such as phagocytosis, inflammation, immunological reactions and interaction with tumor cells. Platelet activation is regulated by specific mechanisms, many of which are unknown