Figure 4.
Aggregation and integrin αIIbβ3 activation are unaffected by COVID19 immune complexes. (Ai) Concentration response curves plotting platelet aggregation after stimulation with a range of type I collagen concentrations (from 10 μg/mL to 10 ng/mL) in the presence of immune complexes containing spike plus WT IgG or IgG with modified glycosylation and (Bi) plots of logEC50 for collagen in the presence of the different treatments, the bars represent the mean ± SEM. (C) Fibrinogen binding to platelets measured by flow cytometry after stimulation with (Ci) 10 μM ADP, (Cii) 1 μg/mL CRP-XL, and (Ciii) 1 μM TRAP-6 in the presence of spike only or immune complexes containing WT IgG or IgG with modified glycosylation. Significant differences were tested by 2-way ANOVA with the Tukey multiple comparisons test. AFU, active fluorescence units; MFI, mean fluorescent intensity.