title: New approaches for measurement of platelet reactivity.
abstract: In a highly interesting, intricate, and novel paper in this issue of Blood, Fung and colleagues have extended their previous pioneering studies and now reveal that molecules such as ATP can promote platelet activation through the P2X1 receptor.
authors.affiliation: Weill Cornell Medical College.
authors.forename: Aaron J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Marcus
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D058474:Receptors, Purinergic P2X1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D051193:Toll-Like Receptors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins; D058474:Receptors, Purinergic P2X1; D051193:Toll-Like Receptors; C098341:platelet membrane glycoprotein VI; D002118:Calcium