Published online before print October 27, 2005, doi: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000193624.28251.83
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What Does It Take to Make the Perfect Clot?
From the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service (M.H.), Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, and Carolina Cardiovascular Biology Center and Department of Medicine (D.M.M., M.H.), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
Correspondence to Maureane Hoffman, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service (113), Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 508 Fulton St, Durham, NC 27705. E-mail maureane.hoffman{at}med.va.gov
Series Editor: Yale Nemerson
ATVB In Focus Regulation of Coagulation
Previous Brief Review in this Series:
•Jesty J, Beltrami E. Positive feedbacks of coagulation: their role in threshold regulation. 2005;25:2463–2469.
The coagulation process has been conceptualized as being primarily dependent on adequate levels of the coagulation proteins. This concept was based on the clear relationship between the bleeding tendency and factor levels in hemophilia. The field is now evolving toward conceptualizing coagulation as being actively regulated by the specialized cellular components of the process. Rather than conceiving coagulation as only a "cascade" of proteolytic reactions, the coagulation reactions occur as overlapping steps on cell surfaces. Components of the old "extrinsic’" and "intrinsic" pathways of coagulation can be thought of as participating in the initiation and propagation of coagulation reactions, respectively. Thus, these pathways are not redundant as they are portrayed in the cascade model, but play distinct and complementary roles. Our understanding of how specific cellular features control the processes of hemostasis and thrombosis is developing rapidly. This review discusses some aspects of the cellular control of coagulation.
The coagulation process has been conceptualized as being primarily dependent on adequate levels of the coagulation proteins. This concept was based on the clear relationship between the bleeding tendency and factor levels in hemophilia. Our understanding of how specific cellular features control the processes of hemostasis and thrombosis is developing rapidly. This review discusses some aspects of the cellular control of coagulation.
Key Words: hemostasis • partial thromboplastin time • platelets • prothrombin time • tissue factor
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