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. 2012 Mar 2;3(2):196–203. doi: 10.3945/an.111.001826

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Role of gas6 in atherosclerosis pathogenesis. Initially, gas6 promotes inflammation by increasing leukocytes extravasation. Afterwards, when an atherosclerotic plaque ruptures, thrombogenic factors, including gas6, are released in the bloodstream leading to thrombus formation.