Thrombocyte

Thrombocyte

Thrombocytes are cells that play a key role in blood clotting. In mammals, thrombocytes are anucleated cell fragments called platelets. Nucleated thrombocytes of nonmammalian vertebrates differ from the mammalian plates not only in having a nucleus and thus resembling B lymphocytes, but also these nucleated thrombocytes do not aggregate in response to ADP, serotonin and adrenaline (they do aggregate with thrombin, of course.) [Nature 220, 509 - 510 (02 November 1968); doi:10.1038/220509a0

ADP is not Involved in Thrombin-induced Aggregation of Thrombocytes of a Non-mammalian Vertebrate

FRANK A. BELAMARICH, DAVID SHEPRO & MARJA KIEN

Biology Department, Boston University, Massachusetts.

[http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v220/n5166/abs/220509a0.html] ] .

See platelet.

References

Meseguer J, Esteban MA, Rodríguez A. 2002. Microscopy Research and Technique. The Biology of Phagocytosis, Volume 57, Issue 6 , Pages 491 - 497.


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