Platelets and Megakaryocytes

Intravital Imaging of Thrombus Formation in Small and Large Mouse Arteries: Experimentally-Induced Vascular Damage and Plaque Rupture In Vivo.- Assessment of Platelet Aggregation Responses In Vivo in the Mouse.- Focal Cerebral Ischemia.- Extracorporeal Assays of Thrombosis.- Platelet Life Span and Apoptosis.- A Live Cell Micro-Imaging Technique to Examine Platelet Calcium Signalling Dynamics Under Blood Flow.- Platelet Shape Change and Spreading.- Clot Retraction.- Visualization and Manipulation of the Platelet and Megakaryocyte Cytoskeleton.- Measurement of Platelet Microparticles.- Assessing Protein Synthesis by Platelets.- A Rapid and Efficient Platelet Purification Protocol for Platelet Gene Expression Studies.- Characterization of Megakaryocyte Development in the Native Bone Marrow Environment.- Culture of Murine Megakaryocytes and Platelets from Fetal Liver and Bone Marrow.- In Vitro Generation of Megakaryocytes and Platelets from Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells.- Megakaryocyte and Platelet Production from Human Cord Blood Stem Cells.- Culture of Megakaryocytes and Platelets from Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue and a Preadipocyte Cell Line.- Purification of Native Bone Marrow Megakaryocytes for Studies of Gene Expression.- Assessment of Megakaryocyte Migration and Chemotaxis.- Megakaryopoiesis and Thrombopoiesis: An Update on Cytokines and Lineage Surface Markers.- Using Zebrafish (Danio rerio) to Assess Gene Function in Thrombus Formation.- Platelet Receptor Shedding.- Endogenous Inhibitory Mechanisms and the Regulation of Platelet Function.- Platelet Proteomics: State of the Art and Future Perspective.