id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-317797-h229skaq Li, Conglei Crosstalk Between Platelets and Microbial Pathogens 2020-08-07 .txt text/plain 7628 409 33 For example, thrombocytopenia in children following varicella zoster virus infection first described antigenic mimicry for some microbial pathogens that encompass host generation of crossreactive antibodies to certain glycoproteins (e.g., GPIIIa) on the platelet surface, resulting in accelerated platelet clearance (117) . In addition to the effects on platelet count and function, microbial pathogens impact the host auto-and alloimmune response to platelet antigens in several immune-mediated diseases, such as immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), and fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT) (99-101) (Figure 3) . C-reactive protein is markedly upregulated during acute infections and inflammation (178) , and it has been shown that C-reactive protein, via binding to platelet phosphorylcholine residues, enhanced the IgG-mediated phagocytic responses against platelets and thereby thrombocytopenia, which has implications in the pathogenesis of both ITP and FNAIT (123, 124) . ./cache/cord-317797-h229skaq.txt ./txt/cord-317797-h229skaq.txt