CD40L-positive platelets induce CD40L expression de novo in endothelial cells: adding a loop to microvascular inflammation

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2004 Sep;24(9):e162. doi: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000138073.91195.70.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / pharmacology
  • Blood Platelets / drug effects
  • Blood Platelets / physiology*
  • CD40 Ligand / biosynthesis
  • CD40 Ligand / blood
  • CD40 Ligand / genetics
  • CD40 Ligand / physiology*
  • Capillaries / cytology
  • Cell Communication*
  • Cells, Cultured / metabolism
  • Coculture Techniques
  • Endothelial Cells / metabolism*
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Humans
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / metabolism
  • Interferon-gamma / pharmacology
  • Interleukin-1 / pharmacology
  • Intestines / blood supply
  • Thrombin / pharmacology
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / pharmacology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Interleukin-1
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • CD40 Ligand
  • Interferon-gamma
  • Thrombin