Mechanisms of Platelet Activation and Control Book

	The Platelet as a Ca[superscript 2+]-driven Cell: Mechanisms which may Modulate Ca[superscript 2+]-driven Responses	1
	Agonist Receptors and G Proteins as Mediators of Platelet Activation	17
	Regulation of Phosphoinositide-Specific Phospholipase C Activity in Human Platelets	37
	RAP1B and Platelet Function	49
	Calcium Signalling and Phosphoinositide Metabolism in Platelets: Subsecond Events Revealed by Quenched-Flow Techniques	57
	Calcium Influx Mechanisms and Signal Organisation in Human Platelets	69
	Ca[superscript 2+] Homeostasis and Intracellular Pools in Human Platelets	83
	The Use of Inhibitors of Protein Kinases and Protein Phosphatases to Investigate the Role of Protein Phosphorylation in Platelet Activation	105
	Serine/Threonine Kinases in Signal Transduction in Response to Thrombin in Human Platelets: Use of 17-hydroxywortmannin to discriminate signals	119
	Tyrosine Phosphorylation in Platelets: its Regulation and Possible Roles in Platelet Functions	129
	Evidence that Activation of Phospholipase D can Mediate Secretion from Permeabilized Platelets	149
	Inositol Lipid Metabolism, the Cytoskeleton, Glycoprotein IIb IIIa and platelets	165
	Regulation of Platelet Function by the Cytoskeleton	175
	Cytoskeletal Interactions of Rap1b in Platelets	187
	Mechanisms Involved in Platelet Procoagulant Response	195
	Histamine as an Intracellular Messenger in Human Platelets	209
	Platelet Activation via Binding of Monoclonal Antibodies to the Fc[gamma] Receptor II	221
	Functional Relationship between Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Phosphorylation and Platelet Inhibition	229
	Role of Cyclic Nucleotide-Dependent Protein Kinases and their Common Substrate VASP in the Regulation of Human Platelets	237
	The Biological and Pharmacological Role of Nitric Oxide in Platelet Function	351
	Contributors	265
	Index	267