Thrombopoietin contributes to enhanced platelet activation in cigarette smokers

Nicotine stimulates angiogenesis and promotes tumor growth and atherosclerosis

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Medicine, Oncology, Pharmacology +10

Circulating Monocyte-Platelet Aggregates Are a More Sensitive Marker of In Vivo Platelet Activation Than Platelet Surface P-Selectin

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Medicine, Cardiology, Hematology +15

Lifetime Smoking Exposure Affects the Association of C-Reactive Protein with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Subclinical Disease in Healthy Elderly Subjects

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Veterinary Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Aging +12

Human thrombopoietin levels are high when thrombocytopenia is due to megakaryocyte deficiency and low when due to increased platelet destruction

RV Emmons, RL Cohen, NS Young et al. · Blood · 1996 · 449 citations · Full text

Medicine, Hematology, Pathology +9

Relation of serum cytokine concentrations to cardiovascular risk factors and coronary heart disease.

Michael A. Mendall, P Patel, Maxwell A. Asante et al. · Heart · 1997 · 404 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Cardiology, Immunology +16