Primary aggregation

Primary aggregation is a process influenced by the platelet activator - thrombin .

Because of it and other stimulating substances, platelets can aggregate (cluster).

The mediator of this reversible aggregation is fibrinogen . Platelets have receptors for fibrinogen on their surface.

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• Secondary aggregation
• Hemostasis

Sources

• TROJAN, Stanislav. Lékařská fyziologie. 4., přeprac. a uprav edition. Praha : Grada Publishing, a.s, 2003. 772 pp. ISBN 80-247-0512-5.