You reap what you sow: Neutrophils "plucking" platelets harvest prothrombotic effects.
van Grinsven E., Udalova IA.
Inflammatory insults affect platelet production, but it is yet unknown what mechanisms can drive rapid adaptations in thrombopoiesis. In this issue of Immunity, Petzold et al. (2022) propose that neutrophils "pluck" on megakaryocytes in the bone marrow to tune platelet release.