A new player in the game: platelet-derived extracellular vesicles in dengue hemorrhagic fever
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Marisol Perez-Toledo; Nonantzin Beristain-Covarrubias
- Source
- Platelets, Vol 31, Iss 4, Pp 412-414 (2020)
- Subject
- c-type lectins
dengue
exosomes
microvesicles
nets
platelets
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs
RC633-647.5
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0953-7104
1369-1635
09537104
Thrombocytopenia and vascular leakage are clinical hallmarks in dengue hemorrhagic fever. Sung et al. present a new mechanism where platelet-derived extracellular vesicles participate in increasing vascular permeability during dengue virus infection in mice.