The factor VII-platelet interplay: effectiveness of recombinant factor VIIa in the treatment of bleeding in severe thrombocytopathia.
Recently, high-dose factor VIIa has been used to correct bleeding in patients with various thrombocytopathias including Glanzmann's thrombasthenia, Bernard-Soulier syndrome, and uremia. High-dose factor VIIa is postulated to act on platelets in the absence of tissue factor to activate factors IX and X and thus enhance thrombin generation. This enhanced thrombin generation might help provide hemostasis in patients with thrombocytopathias through several mechanisms. Enhanced thrombin generation would provide a strong signal for recruitment of other platelets. Also, enhanced fibrin deposition might provide mechanisms for bypassing the specific defect in thrombocytopathias. Thus, platelets from a patient with Bernard-Soulier syndrome might associate with fibrin by a glycoprotein IIb-IIIa-mediated mechanism. Also, platelets from a patient with Glanzmann's thrombasthenia might associate with fibrin through von Willebrand factor-mediated interactions with glycoprotein Ib-V-IX. Finally, enhanced thrombin generation on platelets would mean that fewer platelets are required for hemostasis.
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- Recombinant Proteins
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- Hemorrhage
- Factor VIIa
- Factor VII
- Cardiovascular System & Hematology
- Blood Platelets
- Blood Platelet Disorders
- 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
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Published In
DOI
ISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Location
Related Subject Headings
- Recombinant Proteins
- Humans
- Hemorrhage
- Factor VIIa
- Factor VII
- Cardiovascular System & Hematology
- Blood Platelets
- Blood Platelet Disorders
- 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
- 1103 Clinical Sciences