Gut microbiota regulate hepatic von Willebrand factor synthesis and arterial thrombus formation via Toll-like receptor-2

Sven Jäckel, Klytaimnistra Kiouptsi, Maren Lillich, Tim Hendrikx, Avinash Khandagale, Bettina Kollar, Nives Hörmann, Saravanan Subramaniam, Eivor Wilms, Katharina Ebner,

Blood · 2017 · 155 citations · 58 references

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mice in vivo. These experiments delineate an unexpected pathway in which microbiota-triggered TLR2 signaling alters the synthesis of proadhesive VWF by the liver endothelium and favors platelet integrin-dependent thrombus growth.

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