This study was supported by the grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30470732), the "211" Engineering Project of Soochow University (No. R2317175), and the Soochow Science & Technology for Medicine (No. SWQ14).
Background von Willebrand factor (vWF) mediates the initial capture of platelets to vascular subendothelium and is essential for platelet aggregation under high fluid shear stress as in arterial stenosis. On release...