Felix Scholkmann: The Spleen Plays a Key Role in Regulating Platelet Activity
Felix Scholkmann, Group Leader, Neurophotonics and Biosignal Processing Research Group at the University Hospital Zuric, shared a post on X about a recent article by Lisa Laun et al., published in Science, adding:
“New finding:
The spleen plays a key role in regulating platelet activity by clearing hyperactivated platelets from the bloodstream (Laun et al., 2026).
‘… the spleen is a key modulator of thrombosis risk …'”
Title: Splenic regulation of systemic platelet activation state
Authors: Lisa Laun, Alexander Leunig, Felix Zhang, Sezer Akgöl, Dario Rossaro, Matthias P. Fabritius, Afra Anjum, Lennart Kreutz, Nathalie Mackert, Gabriel H.M. Araujo, Shaan Mahameed, Craig Balmforth, Marie-Louise Hoffknecht, Magdalena Mader, Konstantin Hoffmann, Justus Reittinger, Johanna Knechtel, Nellie M. Kwabla, Maité Mulkers, Michael Schmid, Jean Solarz, Hannah Niederdorfer, Raphael Escaig, Robin Dewender, Heiko Schulz, Frederick Klauschen, Konstantin Stark, Florian Gaertner, David E. Newby, Bernhard Nieswandt, Filip K. Swirski, Zoltan Nagy, Alexandra Mazharian, Rainer Kaiser, Yotis A. Senis, Steffen Massberg, Leo Nicolai
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