Contribution of chondroitin sulfate A to the binding of complement proteins to activated platelets.

Exposure of chondroitin sulfate A (CS-A) on the surface of activated platelets is well established. The aim of the present study was to investigate to what extent CS-A contributes to the binding of the complement recognition molecule C1q and the complement regulators C1 inhibitor (C1INH), C4b-bindin...

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Main Authors: Osama A Hamad, Per H Nilsson, Maria Lasaosa, Daniel Ricklin, John D Lambris, Bo Nilsson, Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2944812?pdf=render