Cytoskeletal regulation of platelet adhesion and thrombus formation

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/143569

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Platelets are small specialised blood cells that are essential for normal blood clotting and repair of damaged blood vessels following injury. When platelets stick to sites of blood vessel injury they undergo dramatic changes in their shape and internal structure that are necessary for these cells to spread over the damaged surface and facilitate the formation of a stable blood clot. We are studying these changes in the intracellular structure (cytoskeleton) of platelets and how these events might regulate the reactivity of platelets and their ability to adhere to blood vessels. An understanding of these processes will add significantly to our knowledge of how blood clots. This information is relevant to many human diseases such as heart attack and stroke.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2001

End Date: 01-01-2003

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $406,527.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Haematology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Actin | Cardiovascular disease | Cell adhesion receptors | Cytoskeleton | Haemostasis | Platelet | Thrombosis | Thrombus formation

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