Fibrin plays an essential role in hemostasis as both the primary product of the coagulation
cascade and the ultimate substrate for fibrinolysis. Fibrinolysis efficiency is greatly …

Selected current and past research relevant to the roles of proteinase inhibitors in plant
protection is reviewed with a brief introduction to families of plant proteinase inhibitors …

Free radicals and other reactive oxygen species (ROS) are constantly formed in the human
body. Free‐radical mechanisms have been implicated in the pathology of several human …

The Organic Chemistry of Drug Design and Drug Action, Third Edition, represents a unique
approach to medicinal chemistry based on physical organic chemical principles and …

Bleeding complications arising from trauma, surgery, and as congenital, disease‐
associated, or drug‐induced blood disorders can cause significant morbidities and …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the role of plasminogen activators in various
biological processes. In specific, it describes two types of plasminogen activators—namely …

Serpins are a superfamily of proteins, whose membership is based on the presence of a
single common core domain consisting of three β-sheets and 8-9 R-helices, and with a set of …

CONCLUSION The notion that inflammation is the net resultant of pro and contra
inflammatory pathways (Fauve, 1980) is well illustrated by the dual role of neutrophils which …

Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) composed of DNA decorated with histones and
proteases trap and kill bacteria but also injure host tissue. Here we show that during a …

Postoperative adhesion (POA) widely occurs in soft tissues and usually leads to chronic
pain, dysfunction of adjacent organs and some acute complications, seriously reducing …