Platelet granules - secretory and secretive

Kerstin Jurk

doi:10.5482/HAMO-16-07-0023

Platelet granules - secretory and secretive

Hamostaseologie. 2017 Aug 7;37(3):208-210. doi: 10.5482/HAMO-16-07-0023. Epub 2016 Sep 21.

Author

Kerstin Jurk¹

Affiliation

¹ PD Dr. rer. nat. Kerstin Jurk Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH) University Medical Center Mainz Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany E-Mail: kerstin.jurk@unimedizin-mainz.de.

PMID: 27656707
DOI: 10.5482/HAMO-16-07-0023

Abstract

The article reviews three recent publications addressing physiological and pathological aspects of platelet granules and release as well as limitations of recent screening tests for diagnosis of non-syndromic inherited δ-storage pool disease (1-3).

Keywords: platelets; secretory granules; storage pool disease.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Blood Platelets / physiology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Gray Platelet Syndrome / blood
Gray Platelet Syndrome / diagnosis
Humans
Platelet Storage Pool Deficiency / blood
Platelet Storage Pool Deficiency / diagnosis
Secretory Vesicles / physiology*

Supplementary concepts

Platelet granule deficiency disorder