During an investigation of the coating of the platelet surface, we noticed an elaborate surface structure which differs from that of other blood cells (unpublished results).

Signs of megakaryocyte activation were associated with longer-lasting antibody production. Conversely, when the researchers ...

These cells are typically involved in blood clotting ... to mice alongside a drug called thrombopoietin, which increases megakaryocyte activation. The result was a sixfold increase in antibody ...