BACKGROUNDGlanzmann thrombasthenia (GT) is an inherited platelet function disorder caused by mutations in the fibrinogen receptor αIIbβ3. The deficiency can be quantitative (type I/II) or qualitative (type III). This causes lack of platelet aggregation and leads to a moderate to severe bleeding tendency. Besides the absence or functional alteration of the integrins αIIb and β3, little is known about the proteomic landscape of platelets from people with GT.AIMSTo evaluate the platelet proteome in GT.METHODSLabel-free quantification of platelet proteins was performed in thirteen genetically confirmed GT patients (11 type I and 2 type III) and thirteen healthy controls with liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). αIIbβ3 expression was quantified with whole blood flow cytometry. Medical ethics committee approval was obtained and all participants provided informed consent.RESULTS2677/3664 identified proteins were considered quantified. Dynamic range spanned 5 orders of magnitude, and the mean CV was 1.2%, indicating data were robust. Flow cytometry-based αIIb expression correlated well with ITGA2B abundance according to LC-MS/MS. Twentynine proteins were less abundant, and 32 proteins were more abundant in GT than in controls. Downregulated proteins were enriched for alpha (α)-granule proteins, including SPARC, APLP2, TIMP1 and TLT-1 in addition to the subunits of integrin αIIbβ3, fibrinogen and plasminogen. Unregulated proteins were mostly plasma proteins annotated to blood microparticles.CONCLUSIONGlanzmann thrombasthenia platelets show reduced abundance of specific platelet α-granule proteins compared with healthy controls.