Pharmacology of heparin and related drugs: An update

J Hogwood, B Mulloy, R Lever, E Gray, CP Page - Pharmacological reviews, 2023 - ASPET
Heparin has been used extensively as an antithrombotic and anticoagulant for close to 100
years. This anticoagulant activity is attributed mainly to the pentasaccharide sequence …

An insight into recent advances on platelet function in health and disease

PK Chaudhary, S Kim, S Kim - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Platelets play a variety of roles in vascular biology and are best recognized as primary
hemostasis and thrombosis mediators. Platelets have a large number of receptors and …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-organ proteomic landscape of COVID-19 autopsies

X Nie, L Qian, R Sun, B Huang, X Dong, Q Xiao… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The molecular pathology of multi-organ injuries in COVID-19 patients remains unclear,
preventing effective therapeutics development. Here, we report a proteomic analysis of 144 …

S100A8/A9 drives the formation of procoagulant platelets through GPIbα

M Colicchia, WC Schrottmaier… - Blood, The Journal …, 2022 - ashpublications.org
Abstract S100A8/A9, also known as “calprotectin” or “MRP8/14,” is an alarmin primarily
secreted by activated myeloid cells with antimicrobial, proinflammatory, and prothrombotic …

Covid-19: the rollercoaster of fibrin (ogen), d-dimer, von willebrand factor, p-selectin and their interactions with endothelial cells, platelets and erythrocytes

C Grobler, SC Maphumulo, LM Grobbelaar… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2), also known as coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19)-induced infection, is strongly associated with various …

Evolutionary conservation of the antimicrobial function of mucus: a first defence against infection

CR Bakshani, AL Morales-Garcia, M Althaus… - npj Biofilms and …, 2018 - nature.com
Mucus layers often provide a unique and multi-functional hydrogel interface between the
epithelial cells of organisms and their external environment. Mucus has exceptional …

Epigenetic modification of the von Willebrand factor promoter drives platelet aggregation on the pulmonary endothelium in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary …

XD Manz, R Szulcek, X Pan, P Symersky… - American journal of …, 2022 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: von Willebrand factor (vWF) mediates platelet adhesion during thrombosis. While
chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is associated with increased …

Fibrinogen and altered hemostasis in Alzheimer's disease

M Cortes-Canteli, D Zamolodchikov… - Journal of …, 2012 - content.iospress.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques, tau tangles, brain
atrophy, and vascular pathology. Vascular defects include cerebrovascular dysfunction …

Arterial dissections: Common features and new perspectives

M Bax, V Romanov, K Junday… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Arterial dissections, which involve an abrupt tear in the wall of a major artery resulting in the
intramural accumulation of blood, are a family of catastrophic disorders causing major …

Proposed mechanisms of targeting COVID-19 by delivering mesenchymal stem cells and their exosomes to damaged organs

E Jamshidi, A Babajani, P Soltani… - Stem Cell Reviews and …, 2021 - Springer
With the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by novel severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the world has been facing an …