A peer-reviewed, international open-access journal dedicated to platelet research. Editors-in-Chief: Elizabeth Gardiner and Will Parker. 2022 IF 3.3
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🎉 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.
ALT Here, healthy human platelets spread on collagen in the presence of IgM derived from Waldenström Macroglobulinaemia patient plasma. Actin in red, α-tubulin in green and IgM in blue.
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:
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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
ALT Adapted from Figure 5. Representative H&E staining images of the dorsal skin from mice receiving depilation and a 7-day treatment. Scale bar, 100 μm. From Wang, et al. (2015). https://doi.org/10.1080/09537104.2025.2498353
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
ALT Adapted from Figure 1. Bone marrow examination X100 magnification, from Aktekin et al. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1080/09537104.2025.2500499
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
ALT Adapted from Figure 4. Analysis of the surface activation marker P-selectin (CD62P) in platelets stained with SYTO 13, in both their resting and stimulated states. From Hamad, et al. (2025), https://doi.org/10.1080/09537104.2025.2489020.
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/manche…
#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