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• News & Views | 19 June 2019

  Platelet mechanosensing axis revealed

  An intermediate affinity state of integrin α_IIBβ₃ has been identified to be a key player in platelet mechanosignalling.

  • X. Frank Zhang
  •  & Xuanhong Cheng

• News & Views | 24 February 2016

  Conscripted by collagen

  In atherosclerotic plaques, patterns of calcification — which have profound implications for plaque stability and vulnerability to rupture — are determined by the collagen's content and patterning throughout the plaque.

  • Jordan D. Miller