OPTIMAL conversion of prothrombin to thrombin requires the presence of at least four factors, namely, factor V (pro-accelerin, Ac-globulin), factor X (Stuart-Prower factor) in an activated form (Xa), ...

Fibrinogen-like protein 2 (FGL2) is a multifunctional member of the fibrinogen family that exerts both procoagulant and immunomodulatory effects. Expressed as a membrane-bound enzyme with ...

CHAPEL HILL -- New research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found that a fatty molecule on the surface of platelet cells is a regulator of blood coagulation. Besides its role in ...

Unlike other virus-induced diseases, acute and chronic liver disease caused by the hepatitis B virus are not the result of direct viral-induced tissue destruction, but rather a consequence of the host ...