Mechanisms in Blood Coagulation, Fibrinolysis and the Complement System Book

Foreword; Introduction;

Part I. Blood Coagulation:

1. The coagulation process: an introduction;
2. Contact activation;
3. Activation of factor IX;
4. Activation of factor X in the intrinsic pathway;
5. Activation of prothrombin;
6. Activations in the extrinsic pathway;
7. Formation and stabilisation of fibrin;
8. Regulation of blood coagulation;

Part II. Fibrinolysis:
9. Complements of the fibrinolytic system;
10. Mechanisms of fibrinolysis;

Part III. The Complement System:
11. Overview of the complement system;
12. Classical activation of the complement system;
13. Alternative activation of the complement system;
14. The lytic complex (MAC);
15. Regulation processes in the complement system;
16. Anaphylatoxin inactivator;
17. Complement reactors;

Part IV. Special Topics:
18. The kinin system;
19. Glycosylation;
20. Signal peptides;
21. Modification of amino-acid residues;
22. Coagulation-active surfaces in vivo;
23. The binding of proteins to coagulation-active surfaces;
24. Haemostasis;
25. Integrins;
26. Serpins;
27. Some evolutionary considerations; Appendix; References; Index.