Stroke patients with carotid atherosclerosis exhibited higher concentration of CD62P+/CD61+ and PAC-1+/CD61+ MVs compared to patients without the atherosclerosis.
We examined the association of a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the GPIIIa platelet glycoprotein (Leu33Pro) with carotid artery plaque morphology and with expression of platelet markers using data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Carotid MRI study.
The association between the glycoprotein GPIIIa Pl(A) polymorphism and the stage of atherosclerosis in the abdominal aorta was studied in a prospective autopsy study series of 300 middle-aged men (33-69 years).