Platelet Activation and Plasma Levels of Furin Are Associated With Prognosis of Patients With Coronary Artery Disease and COVID-19

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2021 Jun;41(6):2080-2096. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.120.315698. Epub 2021 Apr 29.

¹ Department of Cardiology and Angiology (C.L., A.-K.R., S.G., Á.P.-U., P.J., A.A., T.H., K.-P.K., T.C., D.R., M.P.G., K.A.L.M.), University Hospital Tuebingen, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Germany.
² Department of Hematology, Oncology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology (M.G., S.P., S.E.A.), University Hospital Tuebingen, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Germany.
³ Department of Dendritic Cells in Infection and Cancer, German Cancer Research Centre, Heidelberg (M.G., S.E.A.).
⁴ Department of Clinical and Experimental Transfusion Medicine (T.B.), University Hospital Tuebingen, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Germany.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

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Keywords: coronary artery disease; cytokines; flow cytometry; furin; pulmonary artery.