Platelet Thromboxane Receptors Biology and Function

Gerhard J. Johnson, M.D. University of Minnesota Medical School Staff Physician, Hematology/Oncology Section Veterans Affairs Medical Center Minneapolis, MN USA 

Gerhard J. Johnson, M.D. is Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, and Staff Physician, Hematology/Oncology Section, Medical Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miimeapolis, Minnesota. His platelet research program, funded by VA Merit l view and NIH grants since 1972, has focused on the study of platelet signal transduction via thromboxane receptors, with emphasis on the study of dog platelets. He has served as Chairman of the VA Merit Review Board for Hematology and the Subcommittee on Animal Models of the Scientific and Standardization Committee, ISTH. 

Thromboxane A2 (TXi ), is a product of the cyclooxygenase pathway of arachidonic acid metabolism with platelet 

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