Mitochondria regulate platelet metamorphosis induced by opsonized zymosan A – activation and long-term commitment to cell death Paola Matarrese1, Elisabetta Straface1, Giuseppe Palumbo2, Maurizio Anselmi2, Lucrezia Gambardella1, Barbara Ascione1, Domenico Del Principe2 and Walter Malorni1 1 Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicines Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanita’, Rome, Italy 2 Department of Pediatrics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy Keywords aggregation; apoptosis; mitochondrial membrane potential; platelets; zymosan Correspondence P. Matarrese, Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicines Evaluation, Section of Cell Aging and Degeneration, Istituto Superiore di Sanita’, viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy Fax: +39 6 49903691 Tel: +39 6 49902010 E-mail:.
