Model summarizing how integrin activation state may regulate platelet size. The top panel indicates how the salt bridge between wild-type αIIb-R995+ and β3-D723− constrains the integrin in an inactive conformation. The β3-D723H mutant disrupts this linkage and activates the receptor. Abnormally large platelets result via an unknown mechanism.

Model summarizing how integrin activation state may regulate platelet size. The top panel indicates how the salt bridge between wild-type αIIb-R995+ and β3-D723 constrains the integrin in an inactive conformation. The β3-D723H mutant disrupts this linkage and activates the receptor. Abnormally large platelets result via an unknown mechanism.

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