Platelets as an inter‐player between hyperlipidaemia and atherosclerosis

N Li - Journal of internal medicine, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Platelet hyperreactivity and hyperlipidaemia contribute significantly to atherosclerosis. Thus,
it is desirable to review the platelet–hyperlipidaemia interplay and its impact on …

Platelet factors attenuate inflammation and rescue cognition in ageing

AB Schroer, PB Ventura, J Sucharov, R Misra… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Identifying therapeutics to delay, and potentially reverse, age-related cognitive decline is
critical in light of the increased incidence of dementia-related disorders forecasted in the …

Current concepts of metastasis in melanoma

B Zbytek, JA Carlson, J Granese, J Ross… - Expert review of …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
The main cause of death in melanoma patients is widespread metastases. Staging of
melanoma is based on the primary tumor thickness, ulceration, lymph node and distant …

Platelet-derived exerkine CXCL4/platelet factor 4 rejuvenates hippocampal neurogenesis and restores cognitive function in aged mice

O Leiter, D Brici, SJ Fletcher, XLH Yong… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The beneficial effects of physical activity on brain ageing are well recognised, with
exerkines, factors that are secreted into the circulation in response to exercise, emerging as …

Platelet factors are induced by longevity factor klotho and enhance cognition in young and aging mice

C Park, O Hahn, S Gupta, AJ Moreno, F Marino, B Kedir… - Nature aging, 2023 - nature.com
Platelet factors regulate wound healing and can signal from the blood to the brain,.
However, whether platelet factors modulate cognition, a highly valued and central …

Megakaryocytes regulate hematopoietic stem cell quiescence through CXCL4 secretion

I Bruns, D Lucas, S Pinho, J Ahmed, MP Lambert… - Nature medicine, 2014 - nature.com
In the bone marrow, hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) lodge in specialized
microenvironments that tightly control the proliferative state of HSCs to adapt to the varying …

Neutrophil accumulation and NET release contribute to thrombosis in HIT

K Gollomp, M Kim, I Johnston, V Hayes, J Welsh… - JCI …, 2018 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is an immune-mediated thrombocytopenic
disorder associated with a severe prothrombotic state. We investigated whether neutrophils …

[HTML][HTML] CXCL4 drives fibrosis by promoting several key cellular and molecular processes

AJ Affandi, T Carvalheiro, A Ottria, JJ de Haan… - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
Fibrosis is a major cause of mortality worldwide, characterized by myofibroblast activation
and excessive extracellular matrix deposition. Systemic sclerosis is a prototypic fibrotic …

Coagulation facilitates tumor cell spreading in the pulmonary vasculature during early metastatic colony formation

JH Im, W Fu, H Wang, SK Bhatia, DA Hammer… - Cancer …, 2004 - aacrjournals.org
Coagulation has long been known to facilitate metastasis. To pinpoint the steps where
coagulation might play a role in the metastasis, we used three-dimensional visualization of …

Chemokines, molecular drivers of thromboinflammation and immunothrombosis

J Leberzammer, P von Hundelshausen - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Blood clotting is a finely regulated process that is essential for hemostasis. However, when
dysregulated or spontaneous, it promotes thrombotic disorders. The fact that these are …