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thrombospondin

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thrombospondin /throm·bo·spon·din/ (throm″bo-spon´din) a glycoprotein that interacts with a wide variety of molecules, including heparin, fibrin, fibrinogen, platelet cell membrane receptors, collagen, and fibronectin, and plays a role in platelet aggregation, tumor metastasis, adhesion of Plasmodium falciparum, vascular smooth muscle growth, and tissue repair in skeletal muscle following crush injury.
thrombospondin
an osteoblast product which binds to connective tissues and serum proteins and binds calcium to hydroxyapatite and to osteonectin.
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In the NG-treated platelets, there were increase in the levels of growth factor receptor-bound protein 2 (Grb2), thrombospondin 1, tubulin alpha 6 and decrease in the levels of thioredoxin, Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase, DJ-1 protein, peroxiredoxin 3, thioredoxin-like protein 2, ribonuclease inhibitor, potassium channel subfamily V member 2, myosin regulatory light chain 9 and laminin receptor 1.
Proteomic analysis of differential protein expression in rat ... by Yao, Yan; Wu, Wan-Ying; Guan, Shu-Hong; Jiang, Bao-Hong; Yang, Min; Chen, Xiao-Hui; Bi, Kai-Shun; Li / Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology
They contain RNA, mitochondria, a canalicular system, and several different types of granules; lysosomes, dense granules (containing ADP, ATP, serotonin, histamine, and calcium), and alpha granules (containing fibrinogen, factor V, vitronectin, thrombospondin and von Willebrand factor), the contents of which are released upon activation of the platelet.
Health sciences by Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
A novel brain-specific p53-target gene, BAI1, containing thrombospondin type 1 repeats inhibits experimental angiogenesis.
Influenza A H5N1 replication sites in humans by Auewarakul, Prasert / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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