title: Platelets: balancing the septic triad.
abstract: In this issue of Blood, de Stoppelaar et al further unravel the relevance of platelets in a mouse model of pneumonia-derived sepsis by illustrating how platelets dynamically modulate infection and the inflammatory response.
authors.affiliation: UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE.
authors.forename: Jerry
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8860-6338
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ware
authors.affiliation: UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE.
authors.forename: Steven R
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4711-1723
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Post
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000276:immunology*; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000276:immunology*; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000276:immunology*; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000276:immunology*