Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Editors' preface
- PART I PHYSIOLOGY
- 1 History of platelets
- 2 Production of platelets
- 3 Morphology and ultrastructure of platelets
- 4 Platelet heterogeneity: physiology and pathological consequences
- 5 Platelet membrane proteins as adhesion receptors
- 6 Dynamics of the platelet cytoskeleton
- 7 Platelet organelles
- 8 Platelet receptors for thrombin
- 9 Platelet receptors: ADP
- 10 Platelet receptors: prostanoids
- 11 Platelet receptors: collagen
- 12 Platelet receptors: von Willebrand factor
- 13 Platelet receptors: fibrinogen
- 14 Platelet signalling: GTP-binding proteins
- 15 Platelet phospholipases A2
- 16 Roles of phospholipase C and phospholipase D in receptor-mediated platelet activation
- 17 Platelet signalling: calcium
- 18 Platelet signalling: protein kinase C
- 19 Platelet signalling: tyrosine kinases
- 20 Platelet signalling: cAMP and cGMP
- 21 Platelet adhesion
- 22 The platelet shape change
- 23 Aggregation
- 24 Amplification loops: release reaction
- 25 Amplification loops: thromboxane generation
- 26 Platelet procoagulant activities: the amplification loops between platelets and the plasmatic clotting system
- 27 Platelets and chemotaxis
- 28 Platelet–leukocyte interactions relevant to vascular damage and thrombosis
- 29 Vascular control of platelet function
- PART II METHODOLOGY
- PART III PATHOLOGY
- PART IV PHARMOLOGY
- PART V THERAPY
- Afterword: Platelets: a personal story
- Index
- Plate section
25 - Amplification loops: thromboxane generation
from PART I - PHYSIOLOGY
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 May 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Editors' preface
- PART I PHYSIOLOGY
- 1 History of platelets
- 2 Production of platelets
- 3 Morphology and ultrastructure of platelets
- 4 Platelet heterogeneity: physiology and pathological consequences
- 5 Platelet membrane proteins as adhesion receptors
- 6 Dynamics of the platelet cytoskeleton
- 7 Platelet organelles
- 8 Platelet receptors for thrombin
- 9 Platelet receptors: ADP
- 10 Platelet receptors: prostanoids
- 11 Platelet receptors: collagen
- 12 Platelet receptors: von Willebrand factor
- 13 Platelet receptors: fibrinogen
- 14 Platelet signalling: GTP-binding proteins
- 15 Platelet phospholipases A2
- 16 Roles of phospholipase C and phospholipase D in receptor-mediated platelet activation
- 17 Platelet signalling: calcium
- 18 Platelet signalling: protein kinase C
- 19 Platelet signalling: tyrosine kinases
- 20 Platelet signalling: cAMP and cGMP
- 21 Platelet adhesion
- 22 The platelet shape change
- 23 Aggregation
- 24 Amplification loops: release reaction
- 25 Amplification loops: thromboxane generation
- 26 Platelet procoagulant activities: the amplification loops between platelets and the plasmatic clotting system
- 27 Platelets and chemotaxis
- 28 Platelet–leukocyte interactions relevant to vascular damage and thrombosis
- 29 Vascular control of platelet function
- PART II METHODOLOGY
- PART III PATHOLOGY
- PART IV PHARMOLOGY
- PART V THERAPY
- Afterword: Platelets: a personal story
- Index
- Plate section
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- Platelets in Thrombotic and Non-Thrombotic DisordersPathophysiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, pp. 369 - 380Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2002
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