Thrombin Physiology and Disease /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Maragoudakis, Michael E. (Editor), Tsopanoglou, Nikos E. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Human physiology.; Pharmacology.; Epidemiology.; Biochemistry.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.; Cancer Research.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Biochemistry, general.

It has become increasingly evident in recent years that, apart from the key role that thrombin plays in the blood coagulation cascade, thrombin also elicits cellular actions via the activation of proteinase-activated receptors, which are present in many cell types. These effects of thrombin are seen...