Platelet-making megakaryocytes ‘freecycle’ cytokines (IMAGE)

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Platelet-making megakaryocytes ‘freecycle’ cytokines

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Platelet-making megakaryocytes ‘freecycle’ cytokines (magenta) by dumping them out of the cell membrane (left). When treated with a drug that blocks freecycling, the cytokines remain inside the cells.

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Source: Nature Communications, Italiano laboratory

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