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SUBMITTER: Linke B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5448075 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Linke Bona B Schreiber Yannick Y Picard-Willems Bettina B Slattery Patrick P Nüsing Rolf M RM Harder Sebastian S Geisslinger Gerd G Scholich Klaus K
Mediators of inflammation 20170516
Platelets are well known for their role in hemostasis and are also increasingly recognized for their roles in the innate immune system during inflammation and their regulation of macrophage activation. Here, we aimed to study the influence of platelets on the production of inflammatory mediators by monocytes and macrophages. Analyzing cocultures of platelets and murine bone marrow-derived macrophages or human monocytes, we found that collagen-activated platelets release high amounts of prostagla ...[more]