DOI: 10.1055/s-00035024

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Issue 04 · Volume 89 · 2003 DOI: 10.1055/s-007-35708

Editorial

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Schmitt, Manfred; Magdolen, Viktor; Reuning, Ute: Theme Issue: Update on the role of the fibrinolysis/ plasminogen activation system in a cellular context
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Dempfle, Carl-Erik; Mosesson, Michael W.: Theme issue: Fibrinogen and fibrin – structure, function, interactions and clinical applications

Review Article

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Koenig, Wolfgang: Fibrin(ogen) in cardiovascular disease: an update
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Kolev, Krasimir; Machovich, Raymund: Molecular and cellular modulation of fibrinolysis
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Duffy, Michael J.; Lynn, David J.; Lloyd, Andrew T.; O’Shea, Caroline M.: The ADAMs family of proteins: from basic studies to potential clinical applications

Blood Coagulation, Fibrinolysis and Cellular Haemostasis

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Caracciolo, Giulio; De Spirito, Marco; Castellano, Agostina Congiu; Pozzi, Daniela; Amiconi, Gino; De Pascalis, Angela; Caminiti, Ruggero; Arcovito, Giuseppe: Protofibrils within fibrin fibres are packed together in a regular array
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Meyer, Michael; Franke, Kathrin; Richter, Walter; Steiniger, Frank; Seyfert, Ulrich T.; Schenk, Joachim; Treuner, Jörn; Haberbosch, Werner; Eisert, Roswit; Barthels, Monika: New molecular defects in the γ subdomain of fibrinogen D-domain in four cases of (hypo)dysfibrinogenemia: fibrinogen variants Hannover VI, Homburg VII, Stuttgart and Suhl
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Trumbo, Toni A.; Maurer, Muriel C.: V34I and V34A substitutions within the factor XIII activation peptide segment (28-41) affect interactions with the thrombin active site
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Wilson, Robert; Lyall, Karin; Millar, Margaret E.; Smyth, Louise; Pearson, Claire; Riemersma, Rudolph A.: Do oxidized fatty acids activate coagulation factor VII during post-prandial lipemia in women?
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Sase, Tomohiro; Wada, Hideo; Nishioka, Junji; Abe, Yasunori; Gabazza, Esteban C.; Shiku, Hiroshi; Suzuki, Koji; Nakamura, Sin; Nobori, Tsutomu: Measurement of tissue factor messenger RNA levels in leukocytes from patients in hypercoagulable state caused by several underlying diseases
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Kietzmann, Thomas; Jungermann, Kurt; Görlach, Agnes: Regulation of the hypoxia-dependent plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 expression by MAP kinases
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Kakkar, Vijay V.; Gebska, Milena; Kadziola, Zbigniew; Saba, Neelam; Carrasco, Pilar; on behalf of the Bemiparin Investigators: Low-molecular-weight heparin in the acute and long-term treatment of deep vein thrombosis

Platelets and Blood Cells

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Miyamoto, Shinzo; Kawano, Hiroaki; Sakamoto, Tomohiro; Soejima, Hirofumi; Kajiwara, Ichiro; Shimomura, Hideki; Kojima, Sunao; Hokamaki, Jun; Sugiyama, Seigo; Hirai, Nobutaka; Yoshimura, Michihiro; Ozaki, Yukio; Ogawa, Hisao: Formation of platelet microaggregates correlates with adverse clinical outcome in patients with coronary artery disease

Platelet and Blood Cells

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Munnix, Imke C.A.; Harmsma, Marjan; Giddings, John C.; Collins, Peter W.; Feijge, Marion A.H.; Comfurius, Paul; Heemskerk, Johan W. M.; Bevers, Edouard M.: Store-mediated calcium entry in the regulation of phosphatidylserine exposure in blood cells from Scott patients

Cellular Proteolysis and Oncology

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Maquoi, Erik; Demeulemeester, Diego; Vörös, Gabor; Collen, Désire; Lijnen, H. Roger: Enhanced nutritionally induced adipose tissue development in mice with stromelysin-1 gene inactivation
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Luther, Thomas; Kotzsch, Matthias; Meye, Axel; Langerholc, Thomaz; Füssel, Susanne; Olbricht, Natalie; Albrecht, Sybille; Ockert, Detlev; Muehlenweg, Bernd; Friedrich, Katrin; Grosser, Marianne; Schmitt, Manfred; Baretton, Gustavo; Magdolen, Viktor: Identification of a novel urokinase receptor splice variant and its prognostic relevance in breast cancer
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Kuyvenhoven, Johan Ph.; van Hoek, Bart; Blom, Eric; van Duijn, Wim; Hanemaaijer, Roeland; Verheijen, Jan H.; Lamers, Cornelis B.H.W.; Verspaget, Hein W.: Assessment of the clinical significance of serum matrix metalloproteinases MMP-2 and MMP-9 in patients with various chronic liver diseases and hepatocellular carcinoma
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Iversen, Lene H.; Thorlacius-Ussing, Ole: Systemic coagulation reactivation in recurrence of colorectal cancer

Wound Healing and Inflammation/Infection

735
Schanstra, Joost P.; Duchene, Johan; Desmond, Laurence; Neau, Eric; Calise, Denis; Estaque, Serge; Girolami, Jean-Pierre; Bascands, Jean-Loup: The protective effect of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition in experimental renal fibrosis in mice is not mediated by bradykinin B2 receptor activation
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Schulman, Sam; Rehnberg, Ann-Sofie; Hein, Marju; Hegedus, Olga; Lindmarker, Per; Hellström, Per M.: Helicobacter pylori causes gastrointestinal hemorrhage in patients with congenital bleeding disorders

Vascular Development and Vessel Remodelling

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Singh, Ripudamanjit; Pan, Shuchong; Mueske, Cheryl S.; Witt, Tyra A.; Kleppe, Laurel S.; Peterson, Timothy E.; Caplice, Noel M.; Simari, Robert D.: Tissue factor pathway inhibitor deficiency enhances neointimal proliferation and formation in a murine model of vascular remodelling
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Grundt, Heidi; Hetland, Øyvind; Nilsen, Dennis W.T.: Changes in tissue factor and activated factor XII following an acute myocardial infarction were uninfluenced by high doses of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids
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Pengo, Vittorio; Barbero, Fabio; Biasiolo, Alessandra; Pegoraro, Cinzia; Noventa, Franco; Iliceto, S.: Prevention of thromboembolism in patients with mitral stenosis and associated atrial fibrillation: effectiveness of low intensity (INR target 2) oral anticoagulant treatment

Letters to the Editor

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Stephens, J.W.; Palmen, J. M.; Hurel, S. J.; Humphries, S. E.: A long-range PCR method for genotyping promoter variants in the interleukin-6 gene
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Zalloua, P.A.; Shbaklo, H.; Abou Mourad, Y.; Koussa, S.; Taher, A.: Incidence of thromboembolic events in Lebanese thalassemia intermedia patients
768
Knovich, Mary Ann; Case, Doug; Owen, John: Inappropriate use of positive predictive value in describing the rapid collagen binding assay for von Willebrand factor cleaving protease
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Zotz, Rainer B.; Gerhardt, Andrea; Scharf, Rüdiger E.: A rebuttal: Inherited thrombophilia and first venous thromboembolism during pregnancy and puerperium