Platelets are small, anucleate entities that bud from megakaryocytes in the bone marrow. Among circulating cells, platelets are the most abundant cell, traditionally involved in regulating the balance ...

The Takeaway Living with chronic immune thrombocytopenia can be challenging, and it is especially important to support your platelet count through diet.

Monitoring platelet counts, managing symptoms, staying on top of treatment: Life with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) can be stressful. Take these steps to help minimize the challenges of ITP.

Thrombocytopenia is a low concentration of platelets in the blood. The main causes are medication side effects and underlying conditions.

Destabilizing microtubules to boost platelet production from iPS cell-derived megakaryocytes by Kyoto University edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

As first responders to vascular injury and microbial invasion, platelets play a critical role in hemostasis and immunity. Previous reviews have explored how different platelet receptors can be ...

A research team led by Professor Koji Eto revealed that disruptions of the KCNN4 potassium channel impair mitochondrial function and cytoskeletal organization in megakaryocytes, leading to reduced ...

BACKGROUND: Platelet activation relies on changes in cytoplasmic calcium flux. However, little is known about the role mitochondrial calcium flux plays in platelet activation. Activation induces ...