Role of platelets in inflammation

Inflammation, which is extremely useful process for humanbody is the response of living vascular tissues topathological phenomena that removes the pathogens andinitiates the healing procedure. Microorganisms, physicaltrauma, chemical, mechanical, irradiation, or thermal injury,ischemia and immune reactions are most commoncauses of this exceptionally important event for humanbody. Platelets are non-nucleated cells in blood that producedin bone marrow as derived from megakaryocytes.Apart from stop bleeding and achieving hemostasis thereare incredibly important roles of platelets in inflammation.Platelets contain important mediators for inflammationlike neutrophils or macrophages and can alter the courseof mechanism. In this article changing platelet function ininflammation and the effect of these functions to the processof inflammation will be discussed.Key words: Platelet, inflammation, cytokines