Platelets as immune cells in physiology and immunopathology

Platelets as immune cells in physiology and immunopathology

immune cells

Are platelets cells? (Not everyone agrees, since they are non-nucleate). And if platelets are cells—which all specialists consider at the time being—are they immune cells? The issue that platelets participate in immunity is no longer debated; however, the issue that they are key cells in immunity is challenged. It has even been proposed a couple of years ago that platelets can present antigen to T-lymphocytes by using their HLA class I molecules. No one has the same functional definition of platelets. The ‘Frontiers Research Topic’- coordinators’ own view is that platelets are primarily repairing cells, what they do in deploying tools of physiological inflammation.

Olivier Garraud

https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/2878/platelets-as-immune-cells-in-physiology-and-immunopathology

Frontiers Media SA

2015

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