Why the study?
Does aspirin alter platelet COX expression and function in normal dogs?
Population
8 female, intact hounds
Comparison
Aspirin 10 mg/kg Q12h for 10 days vs Baseline
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
10 days
Authors
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Aspirin exposure in normal dogs should not yet alter clinical practice; leaves open compensatory COX-1 dynamics for future translational research.
Does aspirin alter platelet COX expression and function in normal dogs?
Canine platelets express both COX isoforms, and aspirin exposure increases COX-1 expression despite impaired platelet function, with marked interindividual variation in COX-2 expression.
Thomason et al. (2011) studied this question.
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