Unveiling Platelets as Immune Regulatory Cells

HomeCirculation ResearchVol. 134, No. 8Unveiling Platelets as Immune Regulatory Cells No AccessEditorialRequest AccessFull TextAboutView Full TextView PDFView EPUBSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationsTrack citationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InMendeleyReddit Jump toNo AccessEditorialRequest AccessFull TextUnveiling Platelets as Immune Regulatory Cells Danielle Karakas and Heyu Ni Danielle KarakasDanielle Karakas https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5218-756X Toronto Platelet Immunobiology Group (D.K., H.N.) Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (D.K., H.N.) University of Toronto, ON, Canada (D.K., H.N.). Department of Laboratory Medicine, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada (D.K., H.N.). and Heyu NiHeyu Ni Correspondence to: Heyu Ni, MD, PhD, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Department of Medicine, and Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Senior Scientist of Canadian Blood Services Centre for Innovation, St. Michael's Hospital, Rm 421, LKSKI - Keenan Research Centre, 209 Victoria St, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1T8, Canada. Email E-mail Address: [email protected] https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7621-2945 Toronto Platelet Immunobiology Group (D.K., H.N.) Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (D.K., H.N.) Department of Medicine (H.N.) Department of Physiology (H.N.) University of Toronto, ON, Canada (D.K., H.N.). Department of Laboratory Medicine, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada (D.K., H.N.). Canadian Blood Services Centre for Innovation, Toronto, ON, Canada (H.N.). Originally published11 Apr 2024https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.124.324167Circulation Research. 2024;134:987–989This article is a commentary on the followingThrombocytopenia Independently Leads to Changes in Monocyte Immune FunctionFootnotesFor Sources of Funding and Disclosures, see page 989.The opinions expressed in this article are not necessarily those of the editors or of the American Heart Association.Correspondence to: Heyu Ni, MD, PhD, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Department of Medicine, and Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Senior Scientist of Canadian Blood Services Centre for Innovation, St. Michael's Hospital, Rm 421, LKSKI - Keenan Research Centre, 209 Victoria St, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1T8, Canada. Email heyu.ni@unityhealth.toREFERENCES1. Xu X, Zhang D, Oswald B, Carrim N, Wang X, Hou Y, Zhang Q, Lavalle C, McKeown T, Marshall A, et al. 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