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ArticleCommunications biology2023

Combined computational modeling and experimental study of the biomechanical mechanisms of platelet-driven contraction of fibrin clots.

Christian Michael, Francesco Pancaldi, Samuel Britton, Oleg V Kim, Alina D Peshkova, Khoi Vo, Zhiliang Xu, Rustem I Litvinov, John W Weisel, Mark Alber

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Article in Communications biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Deconstructing fibrin(ogen) structure.Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Christian Michael *Department of Mathematics, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.
Francesco Pancaldi *Department of Mathematics, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.
Samuel BrittonDepartment of Mathematics, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.
Oleg V KimDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1626-592X
Alina D PeshkovaDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Khoi VoDepartment of Mathematics, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7256-2657
Zhiliang XuDepartment of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA.
Rustem I LitvinovDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
John W WeiselDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. weisel@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9628-257X
Mark AlberDepartment of Mathematics, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA. malber@ucr.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7153-1138
University of California, Riverside · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · USUniversity of Notre Dame · US

Funding

Studies of Physiologic and Pathologic Platelet Plug FormationP01HL146373 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BRASS, LAWRENCE F · 2020 to 2024
$12.2M
Multiscale modeling and empirical study of a mechanism limiting blood clot growthU01HL116330 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME · PI ALBER, MARK · 2014 to 2018
$3.5M
Mechanisms of mechano-chemical rupture of blood clots and thrombiR01HL148227 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI PUROHIT, PRASHANT KISHORE · 2020 to 2023
$2.5M
Multiscale structural and functional biomechanics of contracting platelet-fibrin based biomaterials and blood clots in oral microenvironmentR21DE030294 · NIDCR · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI KIM, OLEG · 2021 to 2022
$447k
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL146373NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL148227NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL116330NIDCR NIH HHS R21 DE030294
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While blood clot formation has been relatively well studied, little is known about the mechanisms underlying the subsequent structural and mechanical clot remodeling called contraction or retraction. Impairment of the clot contraction process is associated with both life-threatening bleeding and thrombotic conditions, such as ischemic stroke, venous thromboembolism, and others. Recently, blood clot contraction was observed to be hindered in patients with COVID-19. A three-dimensional multiscale computational model is developed and used to quantify biomechanical mechanisms of the kinetics of clot contraction driven by platelet-fibrin pulling interactions. These results provide important biological insights into contraction of platelet filopodia, the mechanically active thin protrusions of the plasma membrane, described previously as performing mostly a sensory function. The biomechanical mechanisms and modeling approach described can potentially apply to studying other systems in which cells are embedded in a filamentous network and exert forces on the extracellular matrix modulated by the substrate stiffness.

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COVID-19ThrombosisBlood PlateletsComputer SimulationFibrinHumansFibrin

Identifiers

PMID37620422
PMCPMC10449797
OpenAlexW4386136957

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