title: Platelets using proteins creatively.
abstract: In this issue of Blood, Wang et al identify an important role for platelet-derived extracellular ERp57, a thiol isomerase enzyme, in platelet integrin regulation and recruitment into a growing thrombus.
authors.affiliation: UNIVERSITY OF READING.
authors.forename: Jonathan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gibbins
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex / Q000502:physiology*; D019704:Protein Disulfide-Isomerases / Q000097:blood*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex; C513195:Pdia3 protein, mouse; D019704:Protein Disulfide-Isomerases; C085868:PDIA3 protein, human