Includes bibliographical references and index.

Platelets and their role in thrombotic and cardiovascular disease : the impact of proteomic analysis / by Ronald Stanley & Jon Gibbins -- Mass spectrometry-based proteomics : general overview, and PTMS analysis in the context of platelet research / by Julia Burkhart & Albert Sickmann -- Sample preparation variables in platelet proteomics for biomarker research / by Maria Zellner and Rudolf Oehler -- Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis : basic principles and application to platelet signaling studies / by Ángel García -- The platelet membrane proteome / by Yotis A. Senis -- Organellar proteomics and the analysis of the platelet releasate / by James McRedmond -- The platelet microparticle proteome / by David Smalley -- N-terminal cofradic analysis of the human platelet proteome / by Kris Gevaert et al. -- Sage to study the platelet and megakaryocyte transcriptome / by Mike Tomlinson -- The application of microarray analysis and its integration with proteomics to study platelet-associated disorders / by Wadie Bahou and Dimitri Gnatenko -- Platelet functional genomics / by Isabelle I. Salles et al. -- The systems biology to study platelet-related bleeding disorders / by Jan Willem Akkerman and Bernard de Bono -- Platelet proteomics in transfusion medicine / by Andreas Greinacher & Thomas Thiele -- Cardiovascular proteomics / by Fernando Vivanco et al.