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Piezo1 initiates platelet hyperreactivity and accelerates thrombosis in hypertension

Weiyu Zhao1, Zeliang Wei1,2, Guang Xin1

  • 1Laboratory of Ethnopharmacology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis : JTH
|August 19, 2021
PubMed
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Keywords:
hypertensionmitochondriaplateletstrokethrombosis

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