DOI: 10.1055/s-00035024

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Issue 02 · Volume 101 · 2009 DOI: 10.1055/s-007-35421

Editorial Focus

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Oestreich, Julie H.; Smyth, Susan S.; Campbell, Charles L.: Platelet function analysis: At the edge of meaning
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Santilli, Francesca; Davì, Giovanni: Thrombin as a common downstream target blocking both platelet and monocyte activation
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Schmitt, Manfred; Magdolen, Viktor: Using kallikrein-related peptidases (KLK) as novel cancer biomarkers

Theme Issue Editorial

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Zipfel, Peter F.: Thrombotic microangiopathies as a prime example for translational medicine

Theme Issue Article

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Skerka, Christine; Józsi, Mihály; Zipfel, Peter F.; Dragon-Durey, Marie-Agnes; Fremeaux-Bacchi, Veronique: Autoantibodies in haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS)
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Bresin, Elena; Gastoldi, Sara; Daina, Erica; Belotti, Daniela; Pogliani, Enrico; Perseghin, Paolo; Scalzulli, Potito R.; Paolini, Rossella; Marcenò, Raimondo; Remuzzi, Giuseppe; Galbusera, Miriam: Rituximab as pre-emptive treatment in patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and evidence of anti-ADAMTS13 autoantibodies
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Claus, Ralf A.; Bockmeyer, Clemens L.; Budde, Ulrich; Kentouche, Karim; Sossdorf, Maik; Hilberg, Thomas; Schneppenheim, Reinhart; Reinhart, Konrad; Bauer, Michael; Brunkhorst, Frank M.; Lösche, Wolfgang: Variations in the ratio between von Willebrand factor and its cleaving protease during systemic inflammation and association with severity and prognosis of organ failure
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Gerth, Jens; Schleussner, Ekkehard; Kentouche, Karim; Busch, Martin; Seifert, Mandy; Wolf, Gunter: Pregnancy-associated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
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Müthing, Johannes; Schweppe, Christian H.; Karch, Helge; Friedrich, Alexander W.: Shiga toxins, glycosphingolipid diversity, and endothelial cell injury
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Benz, Kerstin; Amann, Kerstin: Pathological aspects of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) and haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) / thrombocytic thrombopenic purpura (TTP)
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Licht, Christoph; Fremeaux-Bacchi, Veronique: Hereditary and acquired complement dysregulation in membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis

Clinical Focus

279
Chong, Beng H.; Isaacs, Arend: Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: What clinicians need to know

Review Article

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Principe, Domenico Del; Frega, Gianluca; Savini, Isabella; Catani, Valeria M.; Rossi, Antonello; Avigliano, Luciana: The plasma membrane redox system in human platelet functions and platelet-leukocyte interactions
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Romualdi, Erica; Micieli, Evy; Ageno, Walter; Squizzato, Alessandro: Oral anticoagulant therapy in patients with mechanical heart valve and intracranial haemorrhage

Blood Coagulation, Fibrinolysis and Cellular Haemostasis

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Daidone, Viviana; Cattini, Maria Grazia; Pontara, Elena; Sartorello, Francesca; Gallinaro, Lisa; Marotti, Alberto; Scaroni, Carla; Pagnan, Antonio; Casonato, Alessandra: Microsatellite (GT)n repeats and SNPs in the von Willebrand factor gene promoter do not influence circulating von Willebrand factor levels under normal conditions
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Molvarec, Attila; Rigó Jr, János; Bõze, Tamás; Derzsy, Zoltán; Cervenak, László; Makó, Veronika; Gombos, Tímea; Udvardy, Miklós László; Hársfalvi, Jolán; Prohászka, Zoltán: Increased plasma von Willebrand factor antigen levels but normal von Willebrand factor cleaving protease (ADAMTS13) activity in preeclampsia
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Red, Gloria de la; Tàssies, Dolores; Espinosa, Gerard; Monteagudo, Joan; Bové, Albert; Plaza, Joan; Cervera, Ricard; Reverter, Joan-Carles: Factor XIII-A subunit Val34Leu polymorphism is associated with the risk of thrombosis in patients with antiphospholipid antibodies and high fibrinogen levels
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Kolz, Melanie; Baumert, Jens; Gohlke, Henning; Grallert, Harald; Döring, Angela; Peters, Annette; Wichmann, Erich H.; Koenig, Wolfgang; Illig, Thomas: Association study between variants in the fibrinogen gene cluster, fibrinogen levels and hypertension: Results from the MONICA/ KORA study
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Hammerstingl, Christoph; Omran, Heyder; Tripp, Christian; Poetzsch, Bernd: How useful is determination of anti-factor Xa activity to guide bridging therapy with enoxaparin?

Platelets and Blood Cells

333
Gremmel, Thomas; Steiner, Sabine; Seidinger, Daniela; Koppensteiner, Renate; Panzer, Simon; Kopp, Christoph W.: Comparison of methods to evaluate clopidogrel-mediated platelet inhibition after percutaneous intervention with stent implantation
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Busch, Gabriele; Steppich, Birgit; Sibbing, Dirk; Braun, Siegmund-Lorenz; Stein, Andreas; Groha, Philipp; Schömig, Albert; Kastrati, Adnan; Beckerath, Nicolas von; Ott, Ilka: Bivalirudin reduces platelet and monocyte activation after elective percutaneous coronary intervention

Endothelium and Vascular Biology

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Madonna, Rosalinda; Caterina, Raffaele De: Prolonged exposure to high insulin impairs the endothelial PI3-kinase/Akt/nitric oxide signalling
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Cardiovascular Biology and Cell Signalling

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Schürks, Markus; Kurth, Tobias; Ridker, Paul M.; Buring, Julie E.; Zee, Robert Y. L.: Association between polymorphisms in the β2-adrenergic receptor gene with myocardial infarction and ischaemic stroke in women
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Cranenburg, Ellen C. M.; Brandenburg, Vincent M.; Vermeer, Cees; Stenger, Melanie; Mühlenbruch, Georg; Mahnken, Andreas H.; Gladziwa, Ulrich; Ketteler, Markus; Schurgers, Leon J.: Uncarboxylated matrix Gla protein (ucMGP) is associated with coronary artery calcification in haemodialysis patients
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Poli, Daniela; Antonucci, Emilia; Grifoni, Elisa; Abbate, Rosanna; Gensini, Gian Franco; Prisco, Domenico: Stroke risk in atrial fibrillation patients on warfarin

Cellular Proteolysis and Oncology

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Thomadaki, Hellinida; Mavridis, Konstantinos; Talieri, Maroulio; Scorilas, Andreas: Treatment of PC3 prostate cancer cells with mitoxantrone, etoposide, doxorubicin and carboplatin induces distinct alterations in the expression of kallikreins 5 and 11
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Papachristopoulou, Georgia; Avgeris, Margaritis; Scorilas, Andreas: Expression analysis and study of KLK4 in benign and malignant breast tumours

Animal Models

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Scroyen, Ilse; Jacobs, Frank; Cosemans, Leen; Geest, Bart De; Lijnen, Roger H.: Effect of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 on adipogenesis in vivo

New Technologies, Diagnostic Tools and Drugs

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Toulon, Pierre; Ozier, Yves; Ankri, Annick; Fléron, Marie-Hélène; Leroux, Geneviève; Samama, Charles Marc: Point-of-care versus central laboratory coagulation testing during haemorrhagic surgery

Case Report

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Arellano-Rodrigo, Eduardo; Gironella, Mercedes; Nicolau, Inmaculada; Vila, Miquel: Clinical management of thrombosis in inherited factor VII deficiency: A description of two cases
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Rosenzweig, Naomi; Strauss, Tzipora; Rubinstein, Marina; Paret, Gideon; Kenet, Gili: Activated protein C concentrate treatment for skin necrosis under warfarin treatment in severe genetic protein C deficiency combined with prothrombin mutation and factor V Leiden

Letters to the Editor

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Takeda, Tomohiro; Sakurai, Yoshihiko; Tatsumi, Kohei; Kato, Junko; Kasuda, Shogo; Yoshioka, Akira; Shima, Midori: Elevation of B cell-activating factor belonging to the tumour necrosis family family (BAFF) in haemophilia A patients with inhibitor
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Denas, Gentian; Cucchini, Umberto; Iliceto, Sabino; Pengo, Vittorio: An oral vitamin K protocol to reverse over-anticoagulation in patients presenting with an International Normalised Ratio above 10.0

Erratum

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The technique of measuring thrombin generation with fluorescent substrates: 4. The H-transform, a mathematical procedure to obtain thrombin concentrations without external calibration