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Patrolling the vascular borders: Platelets in immunity to infection and cancer
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Platelets in host defense: Experimental and clinical insights
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WASp triggers mechanosensitive actin patches to facilitate immune cell migration in dense tissues
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Cellular locomotion using environmental topography
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Chemokines and integrins independently tune actin flow and substrate friction during intranodal migration of T cells
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