title: The role of blood cells and their microparticles in blood coagulation.
abstract: The transmembrane glycoprotein TF (tissue factor) plays an essential role in haemostasis as the principal initiator of blood coagulation. In this paper, we describe how the circulating blood cells--monocytes, platelets, neutrophils and their microparticles--co-operate in regulating the expression, availability and activity of monocyte-derived TF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tromsø, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway.
authors.forename: K-E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Eilertsen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Østerud
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001777:Blood Coagulation / Q000502:physiology*; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D009000:Monocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D013925:Thromboplastin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D013925:Thromboplastin