Autoinhibitory module underlies species difference in shear activation of von Willebrand factor.
Nicholas A ArceYi LiuWenchun ChenXiaohui Frank ZhangRenhao LiPublished in: Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH (2022)
Our results suggest that the regulation of VWF-GPIbα binding has been specifically tuned to work optimally in different rheological architectures. Differences in the AIM sequence may contribute to the difference in VWF shear response between human and mice.