DOI: 10.1055/s-00035024

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Issue 08 · Volume 94 · 2005 DOI: 10.1055/s-008-36091

Editorial Focus

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de Frutos, Pablo García: Genetic variants in the endothelial protein C receptor gene: reaching significance
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Schrör, Karsten; Weber, Artur-Aron; Hohlfeld, Thomas: Clopidogrel “resistance” and statin cotreatment – significant for cardiocoronary prevention in real life?

Theme Issue Editorial Focus

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Schnittler, Hans-J.; Preissner, Klaus T.: Vascular endothelium and infectious diseases: Trick and treat

Theme Issue Article

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Ebihara, Hideki; Groseth, Allison; Neumann, Gabriele; Kawaoka, Yoshihiro; Feldmann, Heinz: The role of reverse genetics systems in studying viral hemorrhagic fevers
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Hensley, Lisa E.; Geisbert, Thomas W.: The contribution of the endothelium to the development of coagulation disorders that characterize Ebola hemorrhagic fever in primates
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Klenk, Hans-Dieter: Infection of the endothelium by influenza viruses
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Sinha, Bhanu; Herrmann, Mathias: Mechanism and consequences of invasion of endothelial cells by Staphylococcus aureus
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Chavakis, Triantafyllos; Wiechmann, Klaus; Preissner, Klaus T.; Herrmann, Mathias: Staphylococcus aureus interactions with the endothelium
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Liu, Chao-Zong; Shih, Mei-Hsu; Tsai, Pei-Jane: ClfA221–550, a fibrinogen-binding segment of Staphylococcus aureus clumping factor A, disrupts fibrinogen function
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N’Guessan, Philippe Dje; Schmeck, Bernd; Ayim, Abena; Hocke, Andreas C.; Brell, Bernhard; Hammerschmidt, Sven; Rosseau, Simone; Suttorp, Norbert; Hippenstiel, Stefan: Streptococcus pneumoniae R6x induced p38 MAPK JNK-mediated Caspase-dependent apoptosis in human endothelial cells
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Bergmann, Simone; Rohde, Manfred; Preissner, Klaus T.; Hammerschmidt, Sven: The nine residue plasminogen-binding motif of the pneumococcal enolase is the major cofactor of plasmin-mediated degradation of extracellular matrix, dissolution of fibrin and transmigration
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Bielaszewska, Martina; Karch, Helge: Consequences of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli infection for the vascular endothelium
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Krüll, Matthias; Maass, Matthias; Suttorp, Norbert; Rupp, Jan: Chlamydophila pneumoniae
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Kälvegren, Hanna; Bylin, Helena; Leanderson, Per; Richter, Arina; Grenegård, Magnus; Bengtsson, Torbjörn: Chlamydia pneumoniae induces nitric oxide synthase and lipoxygenase- dependent production of reactive oxygen species in platelets
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Pino, Paco; Taoufiq, Zacharie; Nitcheu, Josiane; Vouldoukis, Ioanis; Mazier, Dominique: Blood-brain barrier breakdown during cerebral malaria: Suicide or murder?
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Adam, Rüdiger; Rüssing, Daniel; Adams, Ortwin; Ailyati, Aziz; Kim, Kwang Sik; Schroten, Horst; Däubener, Walter: Role of human brain microvascular endothelial cells during central nervous system infection
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Dehio, Michaela; Québatte, Maxime; Foser, Stefan; Certa, Ulrich: The transcriptional response of human endothelial cells to infection with Bartonella henselae is dominated by genes controlling innate immune responses, cell cycle, and vascular remodelling

Review Article

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Fox, Eric A.; Kahn, Susan R.: The relationship between inflammation and venous thrombosis

Blood Coagulation, Fibrinolysis and Cellular Haemostasis

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Du, Ying Jun; Klement, Petr; Berry, Leslie R.; Tressel, Paul; Chan, Anthony K. C.: In vivo rabbit acute model tests of polyurethane catheters coated with a novel antithrombin-heparin covalent complex
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Frère, Corinne; Emmanuel Morange, Pierre; Saut, Noémie; Tregouet, David Alexandre; Grosley, Mariana; Beltran, Jérôme; Juhan-Vague, Irène; Alessi, Marie-Christine: Quantification of thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) gene polymorphism effects on plasma levels of TAFI measured with assays insensitive to isoform-dependent artefact
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Sargento, Luis; Saldanha, Carlota; Monteiro, José; Perdigão, Carlota; Martins e Silva, J.: Long-term prognostic value of protein C activity, erythrocyte aggregation and membrane fluidity in transmural myocardial infarction
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Medina, Pilar; Navarro, Silvia; Estellés, Amparo; Vayá, Amparo; Bertina, Rogier M.; España, Francisco: Influence of the 4600A/G and 4678G/C polymorphisms in the endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR) gene on the risk of venous thromboembolism in carriers of factor V Leiden

Platelets and Blood Cells

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Riba, Rocio; Sharifi, Marzieh; Farndale, Richard W.; Khalid, M. Naseem: Regulation of platelet guanylyl cyclase by collagen: evidence that Glycoprotein VI mediates platelet nitric oxide synthesis in response to collagen
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Keil, Claudia; Zeisig, Reiner; Fichtner, Iduna: Effect of surface modified liposomes on the aggregation of platelets and tumor cells
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Gnatenko, Dmitri V.; Cupit, Lisa D.; Huang, Emily C.; Dhundale, Anilkumar; Peter, L. Perrotta; Bahou, Wadie F.: Platelets express steroidogenic 17β–hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases
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Piorkowski, Michael; Priess, Jana; Weikert, Ulf; Jaster, Markus; Schwimmbeck, Peter-Lothar; Schultheiss, Heinz-Peter; Rauch, Ursula: Abciximab therapy is associated with increased platelet activation and decreased heparin dosage in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Wound Healing and Inflammation/Infection

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Bennermo, Marie; Held, Claes; Ericsson, Carl-Göran; Silveira, Angela; Hamsten, Anders; Tornvall, Per: Genotype-specific increase in plasma concentrations of activated coagulation factor VII in response to experimental inflammation
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Inbal, Amir; Lubetsky, Aharon; Krapp, Tanya; Caste, David; Shaish, Aviv; Dickneitte, Gerhardt; Modis, Laszlo; Muszbek, Laszlo; Inbal, Aida: Impaired wound healing in factor XIII deficient mice

Cell Signalling and Vessel Remodelling

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Vinholt, Pernille; Svenstrup Poulsen, Tina; Korsholm, Lars; Risom Kristensen, Søren; Hallas, Jesper; Damkier, Per; Mickley, Hans: The antiplatelet effect of clopidogrel is not attenuated by statin treatment in stable patients with ischemic heart disease

Cellular Proteolysis and Oncology

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Kato, Sumie; Pinto, Mauricio; Carvajal, Andrés; Espinoza, Natalia; Monsó, Carolina; Bravo, Loreto; Villalon, Manuel; Cuello, Mauricio; Quest, Andrew F.; Suenaga, Akihiko; Brosens, Jan J.; Owen, Gareth I.: Tissue factor is regulated by epidermal growth factor in normal and malignant human endometrial epithelial cells

New Technologies and DiagnosticTools

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Kappelmayer, János; Simon, Ágnes; Katona, Éva; Szanto, Attila; Nagy, László; Kiss, Attila; Kiss, Csongor; Muszbek, László: Coagulation factor XIII-A

Case Report

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Bazhenova, Lyudmila; Du, Emma Z.; Bhoyrul, Sunil; McCallum, James; Saven, Alan: Reactive thrombocytosis associated with a pheochromocytoma
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De Caterina, Maurizio; Grimaldi, Ernesto; Passaretti, Maria; Ruocco, Aldo; Selvetella, Lucio; Cavallaro, Vincenzo; Di Biase, Sebastiano; Scopacasa, Francesco: Four cases of venous thrombosis in athletes with silent hereditary defects of the protein C system

Letters to the Editor

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Sucker, Christoph; Feindt, Peter; Zotz, Rainer B.; Stockschlaeder, Marcus; Scharf, Rüdiger E.: Functional von Willebrand Factor assays are not predictive for the absence of highest-molecular weight von Willebrand Factor multimers in patients with aortic-valve stenosis
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Frank, Rolf Dario; Altenwerth, Björn; Brandenburg, Vincent M.; Nolden-Koch, Martina; Block, Frank: Effect of intravenous high-dose methylprednisolone on coagulation and fibrinolysis markers