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WJ Vicic, B Lages and HJ Weiss
Factor V activity in suspensions of human platelets washed by albumin
density gradient separation increased in response to stimulation by both
collagen and adenosine diphosphate (ADP). The appearance of factor V
activity extracellularly had the characteristics of platelet secretion and
was partially inhibited by aspirin and by the antimetabolites
2-deoxyglucose and antimycin A. Some increase in factor V activity was also
observed in platelet suspensions during the initial response to ADP; this
activity was not detected extracellularly, but remained associated with the
platelets. Patients with storage pool deficiency (SPD) whose platelets are
deficient only in dense granule substances released normal amounts of
factor V activity, whereas decreased amounts were released in a patient
whose platelets have both dense and alpha granule deficiencies. These
findings suggest that a portion of platelet factor V is associated with,
and released from, alpha granules.
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