title: Platelets: connecting clotting and lysis.
abstract: In this issue of Blood, Whyte et al describe how under flow conditions, phosphatidylserine-expressing platelets modulate the lysis of whole blood clots by providing direct and indirect binding sites for plasminogen.
authors.affiliation: MCMASTER UNIVERSITY.
authors.forename: Paul Y
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0504-3064
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D005341:Fibrinolysin / Q000378:metabolism*; D010718:Phosphatidylserines / Q000378:metabolism*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010718:Phosphatidylserines; D005341:Fibrinolysin