ester], adenosine diphosphate (ADP), wortmannin, thrombin and all other chemicals and reagents were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich
(St Louis, MO, USA) or previously mentioned sources unless specified otherwise.[12 (link), 13 (link)] TRAP-6 (SFLLRN), U73122, U73343, Ro 31–8220, Rottlerin, Go6976, MRS2179, BAPTA,
PSB 0739 and AR-C 66096 were obtained from Tocris (Bristol, UK). Ticagrelor was purchased from Oxchem Corporation (Wood Dale, IL,
USA). AYPGKF-NH2 was obtained from Abgent (San Diego, CA, USA). Oregon Green® 488 BAPTA-1 AM (OG488 BAPTA-1 AM)
was from Thermo Fisher Scientific (Carlsbad, CA, USA). PAC-1-FITC and anti-CD62P-APC were obtained from BD Bioscience (San Jose,
CA, USA). Anti-AKT, phospho (p)AKT-Ser473, pGSK3β-Ser9 and pPKC-Ser substrates were from Cell Signaling Technology
(Danvers, MA, USA).