title: The platelet Fc receptor: a new role for an old actor.
abstract: In this issue of Blood, Zhi et al demonstrate an important role for Fc γreceptor IIa (FcγRIIa) in platelet functions dependent on integrin α(IIb)β(3) outside-in signals.
authors.affiliation: Puget Sound Blood Center, WA, USA.
authors.forename: José A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: López
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex / Q000378:metabolism*; D017452:Receptors, IgG / Q000502:physiology*; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C080568:Fc gamma receptor IIA; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex; D017452:Receptors, IgG; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D014443:Tyrosine