Thromb Haemost 2016; 116(05): 998-1000
DOI: 10.1160/TH16-06-0447
Letter to the Editor
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Platelet derived FasL contributes to apoptosis in stroke

Peter Kraft
1   Department of Neurology, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
,
Rebecca Schleicher
2   Section for Cardioimmunology, Eberhard Karls University, Tuebingen, Germany
,
Marcus Olbrich
2   Section for Cardioimmunology, Eberhard Karls University, Tuebingen, Germany
,
Michael K. Schuhmann
1   Department of Neurology, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
,
Kelly Daryll Blanz
3   Department of Cardiology and Angiology I, University Heart Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
,
Frederic Emschermann
2   Section for Cardioimmunology, Eberhard Karls University, Tuebingen, Germany
,
Sonja Ebenhoech
2   Section for Cardioimmunology, Eberhard Karls University, Tuebingen, Germany
,
Christopher Starz
3   Department of Cardiology and Angiology I, University Heart Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
,
Ingo Hilgendorf
3   Department of Cardiology and Angiology I, University Heart Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
,
Sven G. Meuth
4   Department of Neurology, Neurology Clinic and Institute of Translational Neurology, University of Muenster, Germany
,
Frank Edlich
5   Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, University of Freiburg, Germany
7   BIOSS, Centre for Biological Signaling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
,
Christoph Kleinschnitz
1   Department of Neurology, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
8   Department of Neurology, University Clinic Essen, Essen, Germany
,
Harald F. Langer
2   Section for Cardioimmunology, Eberhard Karls University, Tuebingen, Germany
6   University Hospital, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Germany
› Author Affiliations
Financial support: This work was supported by the Volkswagen Foundation (Lichtenberg program), German Heart Foundation and Wilhelm Sander Foundation (H.F.L). H.F.L. is member of the Tuebingen platelet investigative consortium (TuePIC) funded by the German Research Council (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), KFO 274 – Platelets – basic mechanisms and clinical implications). F.E. is supported by the Emmy Noether program of the DFG, the Else Kroener Fresenius Foundation and the German Research Council (SFB 746). P.K. and C.K. are supported by the German Research Council (SFB 688). I.H. is supported by the German Research Council (HI-1573/2–1).
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Publication History

Received: 11 June 2016

Accepted after major revision: 07 August 2016

Publication Date:
30 November 2017 (online)