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platelet cloaking: a standalone construct

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Oncology

the protection of circulating tumor cells by adherent platelets and fibrin, which impedes natural killer cell killing and raises metastatic potential.

In oncology, platelet cloaking refers to the protection of circulating tumor cells by adherent platelets and fibrin, which impedes natural killer cell killing and raises metastatic potential. This meaning comes from Palumbo (2005) in Blood.[1]

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References

Palumbo, J. S., Talmage, K. E., Massari, J. V., La Jeunesse, C. M., Flick, M. J., Kombrinck, K. W., Jirousková, M., & Degen, J. L. (2005). Platelets and fibrin(ogen) increase metastatic potential by impeding natural killer cell–mediated elimination of tumor cells. Blood, 105(1), 178-185. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2004-06-2272

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