Platelets as immune cells in physiology and immunopathology

• मुख्य लेखक: Olivier Garraud (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• श्रृंखला: Frontiers Research Topics
• विषय: Medicine; Infection; Inflammation; immunity; platelets
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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 immunit...