The adsorption of proteins is the initiating event in the processes occurring when blood
contacts a “foreign” surface in a medical device, leading inevitably to thrombus formation …

Gene expression and regulation. The two forms of a prolonged activated partial
thromboplastin time (APTT), plasma kininogens, HK and low molecular weight kininogen a …

Fibrinogen (Fg) adsorption is an important mechanism underlying cell adhesion to
biomaterials and was the major focus of the author's research career. This article …

Protein adsorption from human plasma was investigated on phospholipid polymers, poly (2‐
methacryloyloxyethyl phos‐phorylcholine (MPC)‐co‐n‐butyl methacrylate (BMA)) or glass …

Vasoplegia syndrome is a well known complication after cardiac surgery and has a
significant morbidity and mortality. It is characterized by profound vasodilation and loss of …

Growth factors are becoming extremely valuable tools in our attempts to understand the
mechanisms that modulate cellular activities. Their targeting to appropriate cells and …

Proteins at interfaces are involved in a wide variety of phenomena, including mammalian
cell growth in culture, reactions to implanted biomaterials, growth of soil bacteria, and …

F or forty years my laboratory has been studying the kallikrein-kininogen-kinin system (KKS).
I was challenged by my mentor Dr. Sol Sherry in whose laboratory I was completing my …

We examined plasma protein adsorption and platelet adhesion to polysulfone (PSf) flat
membranes coated with Pluronic™ with varying polyethylene oxide (PEO) block length …

This paper reports the development of a platform technology for measuring platelet function
and aggregation based on localized strain rate micro-gradients. Recent experimental …