“…11,12 Two endothelial cell-derived factors, PGI 2 and nitric oxide (NO), increase the second messengers cAMP and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), respectively, which activate their targets cAMP-and cGMP-dependent protein kinases (PKA, PKG), resulting in platelet inhibition. 3,4,10,[13][14][15][16][17] Additional second messengers including 1,2-diacylglycerol (DAG), inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3), phosphoinositides, and Ca 2þ / calmodulins stimulate distinct serine/threonine protein kinases (ST-PKs), for example, protein kinase C (PKC), calmodulin-dependent protein kinases (CAMKs), myosin light chain kinase (MLCK), and protein kinase B (PKB/Akt), which support platelet activation. 6,18 Following the discovery of the protooncogene c-src in nondividing human platelets, 19 tyrosine protein kinases (TKs) c-src and other src family kinase (SFK) members (e.g., Lyn, Yes, Fyn, Fgr) were shown to mediate platelet activation in response of glycoprotein (GP) VI, GPIbα, integrins, and CLEC-2.…”