DOI: 10.1055/s-00035024

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Issue 08 · Volume 102 · 2009 DOI: 10.1055/s-008-36047

Editorial Focus

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Kurnik, Daniel; Lubetsky, Aaron: Genetic variants and risk for venous thromboembolic events: Summing up the evidence
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Shantsila, Eduard; Lip, Gregory Y. H.: The endothelium and thrombotic risk in heart failure

Theme Issue Editorial

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Weber, Christian: Frontiers of vascular biology: Mechanisms of inflammation and immunoregulation during arterial remodelling

Theme Issue Article

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Chavakis, Emmanouil; Choi, Eun Young; Chavakis, Triantafyllos: Novel aspects in the regulation of the leukocyte adhesion cascade
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Soehnlein, Oliver; Zernecke, Alma; Weber, Christian: Neutrophils launch monocyte extravasation by release of granule proteins
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Lievens, Dirk; Eijgelaar, Wouter J.; Biessen, Erik A. L.; Daemen, Mat J. A. P.; Lutgens, Esther: The multi-functionality of CD40L and its receptor CD40 in atherosclerosis
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Schuett, Harald; Luchtefeld, Maren; Grothusen, Christina; Grote, Karsten; Schieffer, Bernhard: How much is too much? Interleukin-6 and its signalling in atherosclerosis
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van Puijvelde, Gijs H. M.; van Wanrooij, Eva J. A.; Hauer, Arnaud D.; de Vos, Paula; van Berkel, Theo J. C.; Kuiper, Johan: Effect of natural killer T cell activation on initiation of atherosclerosis
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Eijgelaar, Wouter J.; Heeneman, Sylvia; Daemen, Mat J. A. P.: The vulnerable patient: Refocusing on the plaque?
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Steffens, Sabine; Montecucco, Fabrizio; Mach, François: The inflammatory response as a target to reduce myocardial ischaemia and reperfusion injury
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Jennings, Lisa K.: Mechanisms of platelet activation: Need for new strategies to protect against platelet-mediated atherothrombosis

Review Article

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Mousa, Shaker A.; Petersen, Lars J.: Anti-cancer properties of low-molecular-weight heparin: Preclinical evidence
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Palareti, Gualtiero; Cosmi, Benilde: Bleeding with anticoagulation therapy – Who is at risk, and how best to identify such patients

Blood Coagulation, Fibrinolysis and Cellular Haemostasis

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Gurewich, Victor; Pannell, Ralph: Recombinant human C1-inhibitor prevents non-specific proteolysis by mutant pro-urokinase during optimal fibrinolysis
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Saunders, Rebecca E.; Shiltagh, Nuha; Gomez, Keith; Mellars, Gillian; Cooper, Carolyn; Perry, David J.; Tuddenham, Edward G.; Perkins, Stephen J.: Structural analysis of eight novel and 112 previously reported missense mutations in the interactive FXI mutation database reveals new insight on FXI deficiency
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Berry, Leslie R.; Thong, Bruce; Chan, Anthony K. C.: Comparison of recombinant and plasma-derived antithrombin biodistribution in a rabbit model
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Tiscia, Giovanni; Colaizzo, Donatella; Chinni, Elena; Pisanelli, Daniela; Sciannamè, Natale; Favuzzi, Giovanni; Margaglione, Maurizio; Grandone, Elvira: Haplotype M2 in the annexin A5 (ANXA5) gene and the occurrence of obstetric complications
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Jug, Borut; Vene, Nina; Salobir, Barbara Gužic; Šebeštjen, Miran; Šabovic, Mišo; Keber, Irena: Prognostic impact of haemostatic derangements in chronic heart failure
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Amin, Alpesh N.; Lin, Jay; Lenhart, Greg; Schulman, Kathy L.: Clinical and economic outcomes in patients at risk of venous thromboembolism receiving appropriate enoxaparin or unfractionated heparin prophylaxis

Platelets and Blood Cells

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Hayashi, Hideki; Sudo, Toshiki: Effects of the cAMP-elevating agents cilostamide, cilostazol and forskolin on the phosphorylation of Akt and GSK-3β in platelets
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Crescente, Marilena; Jessen, Gisela; Momi, Stefania; Höltje, Hans-Dieter; Gresele, Paolo; Cerletti, Chiara; de Gaetano, Giovanni: Interactions of gallic acid, resveratrol, quercetin and aspirin at the platelet cyclooxygenase-1 level Functional and modelling studies

Endothelium and Vascular Development

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Strijbos, Michiel H.; Verhoef, Cornelis; Gratama, Jan W.; Sleijfer, Stefan: On the origin of (CD105+) circulating endothelial cells
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Lv, Ben; Wang, Haichao; Tang, Yiting; Fan, Zhang; Xiao, Xianzhong; Chen, Fangping: High-mobility group box 1 protein induces tissue factor expression in vascular endothelial cells via activation of NF-κB and Egr-1

Cardiovascular Biology and Cell Signalling

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Gohil, Reya; Peck, George; Sharma, Pankaj: The genetics of venous thromboembolism
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Matsuyama, Tomomi; Kuwana, Masataka; Matsumoto, Masanori; Isonishi, Ayami; Inokuma, Shigeko; Fujimura, Yoshihiro: Heterogeneous pathogenic processes of thrombotic microangiopathies in patients with connective tissue diseases
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Rao, Veena S.; Khadrinarasimhaih, Natesha B.; Kanjilal, Saikat; Mukerjee, Manjari; Kakkar, Vijay V.: Genetic contribution to variation in atherothrombotic phenotypes in the Asian Indian population

Animal Models

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Watanabe, Naoko; Ikeda, Hitoshi; Kume, Yukio; Satoh, Yumiko; Kaneko, Makoto; Takai, Daiya; Tejima, Kazuaki; Nagamine, Masakazu; Mashima, Hirosato; Tomiya, Tomoaki; Noiri, Eisei; Omata, Masao; Matsumoto, Masanori; Fujimura, Yoshihiro; Yatomi, Yutaka: Increased production of ADAMTS13 in hepatic stellate cells contributes to enhanced plasma ADAMTS13 activity in rat models of cholestasis and steatohepatitis

New Technologies, Diagnostic Tools and Drugs

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Siller-Matula, Jolanta M.; Gouya, Ghazaleh; Wolzt, Michael; Jilma, Bernd: Cross validation of the Multiple Electrode Aggregometry
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Blais, Normand; Pharand, Chantal; Lordkipanidzé, Marie; Sia, Ying K.; Merhi, Yahye; Diodati, Jean G.: Response to aspirin in healthy individuals
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Udvardy, Miklós L.; Szekeres-Csiki, Katalin; Hársfalvi, Jolán: Novel evaluation method for densitometric curves of von Willebrand Factor multimers and a new parameter (MMW) to describe the degree of multimersation
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Letter to the Editor

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Watzka, Matthias; Westhofen, Philipp; Hass, Moritz; Marinova, Milka; Pötzsch, Bernd; Oldenburg, Johannes: Polymorphisms in VKORC1 and GGCX are not major genetic determinants of vitamin K-dependent coagulation factor activity in Western Germans