title: PMNs deliver first aid to clot.
abstract: In this issue of Blood, Darbousset et al define opposing roles for adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and adenosine in regulating polymorphonuclear neutrophil (PMN) activation, fibrin formation, and thrombus growth following vascular injury.
authors.affiliation: UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE.
authors.forename: Donna S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Woulfe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism*; D058474:Receptors, Purinergic P2X1 / Q000235:genetics*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D058474:Receptors, Purinergic P2X1