Platelet and Megakaryocyte Roles in Innate and Adaptive Immunity.
Platelet and Megakaryocyte Roles in Innate and Adaptive Immunity.
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DOI:
10.1161/circresaha.121.319821
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发表时间:
2022-01-21
影响因子:
20.1
通讯作者:
Morrell CN
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作者:
Koupenova M;Livada AC;Morrell CN
Classically, platelets have been described as the cellular blood component that mediates hemostasis and thrombosis. This important platelet function has received significant research attention for more than 150 years. The immune cell functions of platelets are much less appreciated. Platelets interact with and activate cells of all branches of immunity in response to pathogen exposures and infection, as well as in response to sterile tissue injury. In this review, we focus on innate immune mechanisms of platelet activation, platelet interactions with innate immune cells, as well as the intersection of platelets and adaptive immunity. The immune potential of platelets is dependent in part on their megakaryocyte (Mk) precursor providing them with the molecular composition to be first responders and immune sentinels in initiating and orchestrating coordinated pathogen immune responses. There is emerging evidence that extramedullary Mks may be immune differentiated compared to bone marrow Mks, but the physiologic relevance of immunophenotypic differences are just beginning to be explored. These concepts are also discussed in this review. The immune functions of the Mk/Platelet lineage have likely evolved to coordinate the need to repair a vascular breach with the simultaneous need to induce an immune response that may limit pathogen invasion once the blood is exposed to an external environment.