Fibrinogen and fibrin play an important role in blood clotting, fibrinolysis, cellular and matrix
interactions, inflammation, wound healing, angiogenesis, and neoplasia. The contribution of …

Background Since the mid‐1970s, short‐term psychodynamic psychotherapies (STPP) for a
broad range of psychological and somatic disorders have been developed and studied. …

OBJECTIVES: It remains largely unclear, firstly whether short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy
(STPP) is an effective treatment for depression, and secondly, which study, participant, …

Background—Gelatinase B, a matrix metalloproteinase that has proteolytic activity against
connective tissue proteins, has been suggested to be important in the connective tissue …

Cirrhosis of the liver is frequently accompanied by complex alterations in the hemostatic
system, resulting in a bleeding tendency. Although many hemostatic changes in liver disease …

Background: Whether newer risk markers for coronary heart disease (CHD) improve CHD risk
prediction remains unclear. Objective: To assess whether newer risk markers for CHD risk …

ContextThe evidence that inflammation is an important pathway in age-related macular
degeneration (AMD) is growing. Recent case-control studies demonstrated an association …

Atherosclerosis is considered a to be multifactorial disease driven by inflammatory reactions.
The process of inflammation also contributes to the pathogenesis of acute atherothrombotic …

Background— Plasma levels of coagulation factors VII (FVII), VIII (FVIII), and von Willebrand
factor (vWF) influence risk of hemorrhage and thrombosis. We conducted genome-wide …

Background: There is a gap in the research literature on the effectiveness of long-term
psychoanalytic therapies (LPT). Aim: To present a systematic review of studies dealing with LPT …