Platelets

🎉 Exciting news! Winners of the @plateletjournal Cover Art Competition announced! This stunning image by Simone A. Brysland & James I. Hearn from The Australian National University, reveals how platelet function changes in hyperviscous blood, common in lymphoma patients.

Platelets inside platelets (platelet-ception)? 🫨 Read about York platelet syndrome in the case study by White, Pakzad & Meister (2012) here: tinyurl.com/26hksje9 #platelets #plateletjournal #yorkplateletsyndrome #plateletdisorder #TEM #mysterymonday

Human platelets express all major RAS receptors, but can RAS peptides modulate platelet functionality? 🔗tinyurl.com/y3wbxeyh #platelets #plateletsjournal #renin-angiotensin #RAS

Lyophilized platelets (LPs) offer potential advantages (e.g. room-temperature storage, longer shelf life), but are at risk of inadvertent pre-activation. How effective and safe are these pre-activated LPs (PLPs)? 🔗tinyurl.com/5udffbuy #platelets #transfusion #LP #PLP

Are UDP-glucuronosyl transferases (UGTs), key phase II metabolic enzymes, expressed in platelets? Find out now with the recent publication by Jarrar et al. (2025): 🔗tinyurl.com/yc6pb2bv #platelets #plateletsjournal #UGT #mRNA #smoking

Looking for a refresher on some of the most commonly utilised methodologies in platelet research, click below: 🔗tinyurl.com/mt2fjs6f #platelets #plateletjournal #methods #LTA #flowcytometry

How do different SARS-CoV-2 variants impact the human megakaryocyte (MK) transcriptome and resulting phenotype? Find out now with the recent publication by Sowa et al. (2025)! 🔗tinyurl.com/2s3nvd7k #platelets #MKs #SARS-CoV-2 #COVID-19

How does all-cause mortality with clopidogrel monotherapy compare to aspirin [after PCI and DAPT] in a mixed, community-based population? Find out more about the recent publication by Zhu et al. (2025) below! 🔗tinyurl.com/3ec9w2x7 #platelets #DAPT #PCI #aspirin

Dual therapies, differential effects? ↖️↘️Haddad et al. (2025) compare DAPT and DAT in patients with chronic coronary syndrome (CCS), finding that DAT offers a safer hemostatic profile with comparable antithrombotic efficacy. 🔗tinyurl.com/mtf8km48 #platelets #DAPT #DAT

C3, an unfortunate complement to PSL? 🩸 Andersson et al. (2025) recently investigated whether inhibiting C3 generation could alleviate PSL and preserve platelet functioning. 🔗tinyurl.com/mrxea3rk #platelets #PSL #transfusion @linneuni

Thinking of publishing your platelet/MK research? 🧪🩸 The Platelets journal is the go-to for cutting-edge work. ✅ International, peer-reviewed ✅ 296K annual downloads/views ✅ Quick turnaround ✅ 2.5 IF (2023) Discover more: 🔗 tinyurl.com/bdf42wkz

Storage stress to shelf-life success? A new study by Liu et al. (2025) utilises CD39-DA to alleviate PSLs by minimising platelet activation and apoptosis. 🔗tinyurl.com/3vker92t Join the discussion on LinkedIn: tinyurl.com/28zt9bu5 #platelets #PSL #transfusion

Exciting news Platelet-teers! Thanks to the @tandfonline & @Jisc agreement, UK authors at participating institutions can publish OA in eligible journals at no cost 💰 including Platelets! To see whether you are eligible, please see: 🔗tinyurl.com/mt9st2m5

Hard to believe it has been over a month since the Platelet Society Meeting 2025! Thank you for your hard work @plateletsociety - it was a privilege to speak with so many about publishing in Platelets. If you're interested, see: tinyurl.com/4u6jf993 #platelets #MMU

New publication! 🆕🎉 Should dual (DAT) or triple antiplatelet therapy (TAT) be used post-PCI in AF? Sammut et al. (2025) propose DAT as an effective, but safer alternative, by sparing COX-1-mediated activation. 🔗tinyurl.com/ms2fnxmh #platelets #DAT #TAT

New publication! 🆕🎉 Losing your hair over platelet research? Wang et al. (2025) recent study describing how platelet-derived extracellular vesicles (PEVs) promote hair follicle growth in mice. 🔗tinyurl.com/5994n4d7u #platelets #EVs #hairloss

New case study! 🆕🎉 Aktekin et al. (2025) describe a patient with acute, ITP-like bleeding episodes, in whom whole-exome sequencing revealed a hemizygous GATA1 variant and a homozygous ATP2A1 variant. 🔗tinyurl.com/bd459ep4 #platelets #GATA1 #ITP #ATP2A1

New publication! 🆕🎉 Still using thiazole orange to ID reticulated platelets in mouse blood? Hamad et al. (2025) present a novel & reproducible FC method using SYTO 13—no harsh washes, minimal activation. 🔗 tinyurl.com/ekemunrj #platelets #flowcytometry #SYTO13

Proud to sponsor the 2025 Platelet Society Meeting at Manchester Metropolitan University! Thank you, Dr. Sarah Jones, Dr. Amanda Unsworth, and all of the organisers. 📄 Programme: plateletsociety.co.uk/manchester-2025 #platelets #manchester #theplateletsociety #MMU

Thinking of publishing your platelet/MK research? 🧪🩸 The Platelets journal is the go-to for cutting-edge work. ✅ International, peer-reviewed ✅ 296K annual downloads/views ✅ Quick turnaround ✅ 2.5 IF (2023) Discover more: 🔗 tinyurl.com/bdf42wkz

New publication! 🆕🎉 Chen et al. (2025) retrospectively demonstrated that MPV & P-LCR are elevated in IMT patients vs. AT & healthy individuals, potentially aiding early diagnosis & treatment of IMT. 🔗 tinyurl.com/bddxwdz3 #platelets #thrombocytopenia #IMT #AT #MPV