Are platelets important in inflammation?
The participation of platelets in acute inflammation was tested by three different traumas in rats rendered thrombocytopenic with anti-platelet serum. Thrombocytopenic rats showed normal oedema response to carrageenin, anti-platelet serum and passive cutaneous anaphylaxis.
D000818:Animals; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D002351:Carrageenan; D004487:Edema / Q000097:blood / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D007106:Immune Sera; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007249:Inflammation / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010323:Passive Cutaneous Anaphylaxis; D051381:Rats; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000097:blood / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology
D007106:Immune Sera; D002351:Carrageenan; D007213:Indomethacin