Cell
Volume 171, Issue 6, 30 November 2017, Pages 1256-1258
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Platelets, On Your Marks, Get Set, Migrate!

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The idea that anucleate platelets display autonomous migration has long been viewed with skepticism. Gaertner et al. provide in vivo evidence that platelets undergo active migration at sites of thrombus formation and in inflamed liver sinusoids. Integrin-dependent migration allows platelets to scavenge and bundle fibrin-bound material, including intravascular bacteria.

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