Inhibition of Syk causes loss of contraction and platelet adhesion on collagen and plaque material. Recalcified blood from 6 donors was perfused for 7 min on Horm collagen and plaque at room temperature at a shear rate of 1000 s−1. (A,B) Representative images of aggregates formed on collagen (A) and plaque (B), taken during post-perfusion at times 0 and 10 min with vehicle or with PRT-060318 (n = 6). Scale bar = 100 µm. (C,D) Disaggregation on collagen (C) or on plaque (D) was monitored by taking brightfield images every 60 sec and measured using morphological (Ci,Di), contraction (Cii,Dii) and multilayer scores (Ciii,Diii) [16]. Aggregates were post-perfused with rinse buffer ± vehicle (DMSO) or the Syk inhibitor PRT-060318 (10 µM). Data are shown as mean ± s.e.m. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.005.