“…All antiplatelet agents used in the study were tested for their ability to inhibit platelet aggregation. Platelet aggregation in PRP was recorded using the standard turbidimetric method in a BIOLA aggregation analyzer (BIOLA, Moscow, Russia) as described previously [26]. PRP was not treated with platelet inhibitors (control) or treated with 0.2 mM ASA (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA), 1 µM ticagrelor (Sigma-Aldrich, MO), 20 µg/mL ruciromab (F(ab)2 fragment of ant-GP IIb-IIIa monoclonal antibody FRaMon (CRC64)) (Framon Ltd., Moscow, Russia), or 1 µg/mL PGE1 (Sigma-Aldrich, MO) for 5 min at 37 • C. For ASA testing, aggregation was induced by 1 mM arachidonic acid (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Heidelberg, Germany), for ticagrelor testing, by 20 µM ADP (AppliChem GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany), and for ruciromab and PGE1 testing, by 20 µM TRAP (sequence SFLLRN, provided by Dr. M.D.…”