VWF and Genetic thrombotic microangiopathy: This provides a previously uncharacterized mechanism of how platelet-neutrophil cross-talk is manifest in innate immunity; it also provides an explanation for how VWF and platelet-dependent neutrophil recruitment and NETosis may occur in thrombotic disorders such as DVT (Laridan et al., 2019), but also thrombotic microangiopathies like thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (Fuchs et al., 2012b).