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1- Haemostatic Mechanism3

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Growth factor

PDGF found in the α granules of platelets stimulates vascular

smooth muscle cells to multiply and this may hasten vascular

healing following injury.

Natural inhibitors of platelet function

1- Nitric oxide (NO) is constitutively released from endothelial cells

and also from macrophages and platelets. It inhibits platelet

activation and promotes vasodilatation.

2- Prostacyclin synthesized by endothelial cells also inhibits platelet

function and causes vasodilatation by raising cyclic guanosine

monophosphate (GMP) levels.

3- An ectonucleotidase (CD39) helps prevent platelet aggregation in

the intact vessel wall.

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