title: Polyphosphates rock! A role in thrombosis?
abstract: In this issue of Blood, Zhu et al have established, in human blood, that factor XIa and polyphosphate make significant contributions to thrombus formation. This makes these molecules good targets for therapeutic intervention.
authors.affiliation: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL.
authors.forename: Dougald M
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0493-2943
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Monroe
mesh_terms: D001777:Blood Coagulation; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D015945:Factor XIa / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D011122:Polyphosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D013925:Thromboplastin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011122:Polyphosphates; D013925:Thromboplastin; D015945:Factor XIa