IF enhances the production of IPA from intestinal Clostridium sporogenes, which directly attenuates platelet activation and thrombosis, and alleviates microvascular thrombosis after I/R injury by ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Blood platelets are the structural and chemical foundation of blood clotting (hemostasis) and they play a vital role in minor injuries when coagulation prevents the loss of blood ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

The second component of Virhow's triad is blood coagulation factors (proteins present in plasma). These factors may be roughly divided into two groups: zymogen (proenzymes that can be converted into ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Abacavir may have prothrombotic potential in association with other antiretroviral medications but not alone, ...

The most severe allergic reaction, anaphylaxis (or anaphylactic shock), is the result of an inappropriate immune reaction following the introduction of a usually harmless antigen into the body. The ...

In a recent study, Greinacher et al. 1 reported thrombotic complications, mostly cerebral vein thrombosis, associated with thrombocytopenia in 11 patients after they had been vaccinated with ChAdOx1 ...

Platelets do more than promote clotting. They weaken one of the body’s immune defenses against cancer. Unfortunately, platelets tend to work against the immuno-oncology treatments that try to ...

Cancer researchers report that blood platelets blunt the immune response to cancer. Genetic inactivation of platelets improved the ability of T cells to fight melanoma in preclinical tests. Adoptive T ...

We think of asthma and other allergic diseases as unnecessary aberrant immune responses that do more harm than good. However, new evidence by an international team led by researchers at Baylor College ...