Circulating platelets as mediators of immunity, inflammation, and thrombosis

M Koupenova, L Clancy, HA Corkrey… - Circulation …, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Platelets, non-nucleated blood components first described over 130 years ago, are
recognized as the primary cell regulating hemostasis and thrombosis. The vascular …

Platelets and the immune continuum

JW Semple, JE Italiano, J Freedman - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2011 - nature.com
Platelets are anucleate cells that are crucial mediators of haemostasis. Most immunologists
probably don't think about platelets every day, and may even consider these cells to …

Platelets can associate with SARS-Cov-2 RNA and are hyperactivated in COVID-19

Y Zaid, F Puhm, I Allaeys, A Naya, M Oudghiri… - Circulation …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: In addition to the overwhelming lung inflammation that prevails in coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19), hypercoagulation and thrombosis contribute to the lethality of …

[HTML][HTML] RNA-Seq of tumor-educated platelets enables blood-based pan-cancer, multiclass, and molecular pathway cancer diagnostics

MG Best, N Sol, I Kooi, J Tannous, BA Westerman… - Cancer cell, 2015 - cell.com
Tumor-educated blood platelets (TEPs) are implicated as central players in the systemic and
local responses to tumor growth, thereby altering their RNA profile. We determined the …

Platelet activation and atherothrombosis

G Davì, C Patrono - New England Journal of Medicine, 2007 - Mass Medical Soc
This review of the role of platelets in atherothrombosis illuminates the surprisingly numerous
activities of these tiny, anucleate cells and stresses their participation in the inflammatory …

Emerging roles for platelets as immune and inflammatory cells

CN Morrell, AA Aggrey, LM Chapman… - Blood, The Journal of …, 2014 - ashpublications.org
Despite their small size and anucleate status, platelets have diverse roles in vascular
biology. Not only are platelets the cellular mediator of thrombosis, but platelets are also …

Function of alternative splicing

O Kelemen, P Convertini, Z Zhang, Y Wen, M Shen… - Gene, 2013 - Elsevier
Almost all polymerase II transcripts undergo alternative pre-mRNA splicing. Here, we review
the functions of alternative splicing events that have been experimentally determined. The …

Platelets, inflammation and tissue regeneration

AT Nurden - Thrombosis and haemostasis, 2011 - thieme-connect.com
Blood platelets have long been recognised to bring about primary haemostasis with
deficiencies in platelet production and function manifesting in bleeding while upregulated …

Platelets release mitochondria serving as substrate for bactericidal group IIA-secreted phospholipase A2 to promote inflammation

LH Boudreau, AC Duchez, N Cloutier… - Blood, The Journal …, 2014 - ashpublications.org
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is a highly potent inflammatory trigger and is reportedly found
outside the cells in blood in various pathologies. Platelets are abundant in blood where they …

Platelets as key factors in inflammation: focus on CD40L/CD40

F Cognasse, AC Duchez, E Audoux… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Platelets are anucleate cytoplasmic fragments derived from the fragmentation of medullary
megakaryocytes. Activated platelets adhere to the damaged endothelium by means of …