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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Shock. 2018 Dec;50(6):671–676. doi: 10.1097/SHK.0000000000001089

Figure 2. Thrombin stimulates VEGF release from platelets, confirming near complete (>95%) α-degranulation.

Figure 2

Thrombin stimulated platelets released nearly all stored VEGF at 5 minutes (116.5pg/ml released, 5.7pg/ml remaining (in lysate)) and this did not increase over the time course (120 minutes). Control platelets (in saline) did not release significant amounts of VEGF (1.8pg/ml at 5 minutes, 3.2pg/ml at 120 minutes). n=2.