Hyaluronan, platelets, and monocytes: a novel pro-inflammatory triad.

The American journal of pathology ·Vol. 174 ·No. 6 ·2009-06-00 ·Pages 1993-5

Menezes GB, McAvoy EF, Kubes P

Abstract

This commentary reports on the role of platelets and hyaluronan in activating monocytes.

MeSH Terms

Animals Blood Platelets/immunology,metabolism Humans Hyaluronic Acid/immunology,metabolism Inflammation/immunology,metabolism Monocytes/immunology,metabolism

Chemicals

Hyaluronic Acid

Authors & Affiliations

3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Menezes Gustavo B

Immunology Research Group, Department of Physiologyand Biophysics, Institute of Infection, Immunity andInflammation, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

McAvoy Erin F

Kubes Paul

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Article Info

Journal

The American journal of pathology

Abbr.

Am J Pathol

ISSN

1525-2191

DOI

10.2353/ajpath.2009.081138

Published

2009-06-00

Epub

2009-00-12

Pages

1993-5

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0370502

PMCID

PMC2684163

Subset

Corrections

CommentOn

PMID: 19443707

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