Atomic description of the immune complex involved in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.
Cai, Z., Yarovoi, S.V., Zhu, Z., Rauova, L., Hayes, V., Lebedeva, T., Liu, Q., Poncz, M., Arepally, G., Cines, D.B., Greene, M.I.(2015) Nat Commun 6: 8277-8277
- PubMed: 26391892 
- DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9277
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4R97, 4R9W, 4R9Y - PubMed Abstract: 
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is an autoimmune thrombotic disorder caused by immune complexes containing platelet factor 4 (PF4), antibodies to PF4 and heparin or cellular glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). Here we solve the crystal structures of the: ( ...