Mechanisms in Blood Coagulation, Fibrinolysis and the Complement System

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.