Abstract：
:Platelets and coagulation are involved in bacterial colonisation of the host. Streptocococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) are important etiologic agents of respiratory tract infections in humans. The formation of pneumococci-platelet associations may facilitate haematogenous dissemination of pneumococci by providing an adhesive surface on damaged endothelium. However, the formation of platelet-pneumococci associations and the factors involved in this process have not been described so far. The formation of platelet-pneumococci associates was analysed and quantified using flow cytometry. Binding of pneumococci to platelets was significantly increased after activation of platelets with thrombin, while platelet activation by ADP or collagen did not promote formation of platelet-pneumococci associates. In addition to be a platelet agonist, thrombin cleaves fibrinogen, which results in the generation of fibrin. The simultaneous formation of fibrin and activation of platelets was shown to be a prerequisite for a high number of platelet-pneumococci associates. Moreover, exogenously added human thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) significantly enhanced the association of pneumococci with activated platelets. Soluble fibrin and TSP-1 are key co-factors of platelet-pneumococci-association. Similar results were recently demonstrated for S. aureus-platelet adhesion. Consequently, we hypothesise that the described mechanism of platelet-bacteria-association might represent a general and important strategy of Gram-positive bacteria during development of invasive diseases.
journal_name
Thromb Haemostjournal_title
Thrombosis and haemostasisauthors
Niemann S,Kehrel BE,Heilmann C,Rennemeier C,Peters G,Hammerschmidt Sdoi
10.1160/TH09-01-0049subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-10-01 00:00:00pages
735-42issue
4eissn
0340-6245issn
2567-689Xpii
09100735journal_volume
102pub_type
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
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更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00
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doi：10.1160/TH03-07-0473
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1160/TH03-10-0657
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
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更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
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doi：
更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1160/TH03-02-0087
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1160/TH05-01-0047
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1992-08-03 00:00:00
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1985-04-22 00:00:00
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1160/TH15-12-0982
更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-11-30 00:00:00
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1984-10-31 00:00:00
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1160/TH05-07-0463
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1160/TH12-05-0339
更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
pub_type： 杂志文章,已发布勘误
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更新日期：2017-04-03 00:00:00
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1160/TH16-02-0119
更新日期：2016-09-27 00:00:00
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1055/s-0039-1678665
更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1986-12-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Thrombosis and haemostasis
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
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