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- W5139919 abstract "This chapter discusses the role of platelets in allergic inflammation. The chapter suggests that the fundamental physiological role of the platelet within the mammalian circulation is in the defence of the host against invasion by foreign organisms. In certain lower organisms, such as caterpillars, the response to a foreign body involves the adhesion of haemocytes to the surface of the foreign body with the subsequent aggregation of further haemocytes. Both experimental and clinical evidence exists to implicate the platelet in natural host defence mechanisms and associated pathological conditions. Despite being devoid of a nucleus, platelets possess many of the features of classical inflammatory cells such as polymorphonuclear leucocytes. They are capable of undergoing chemotaxis; contain and release various adhesive proteins; activate complement; interact with parasites, viruses, and bacteria; alter vascular tone; enhance vascular permeability and take up; store and metabolize various vasoactive substances. In addition, platelets have been shown to have phagocytose foreign particles. There is overwhelming evidence that platelets are involved and play an active role in primary defence mechanisms such as antibody-dependent cytotoxicity." @default.
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- W5139919 title "Do Platelets have a Role as Inflammatory Cells?" @default.
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