Human platelets exhibit infectious-pathogen-binding ligands and participate to inflammation (and more?).
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D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology; D019013:CD40 Antigens / Q000378:metabolism; D023201:CD40 Ligand / Q000378:metabolism; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000502:physiology; D007249:Inflammation / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000378:metabolism; D008024:Ligands; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D015539:Platelet Activation / Q000502:physiology*; D017713:Platelet Transfusion; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000378:metabolism; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D019013:CD40 Antigens; D015850:Interleukin-6; D008024:Ligands; D023201:CD40 Ligand