Fibrin formation, structure and properties

JW Weisel, RI Litvinov - Fibrous proteins: structures and mechanisms, 2017 - Springer
Fibrinogen and fibrin are essential for hemostasis and are major factors in thrombosis,
wound healing, and several other biological functions and pathological conditions. The X …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic Variants in the FGB and FGG Genes Mapping in the Beta and Gamma Nodules of the Fibrinogen Molecule in Congenital Quantitative Fibrinogen …

T Simurda, M Brunclikova, R Asselta, S Caccia… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fibrinogen is a hexameric plasmatic glycoprotein composed of pairs of three chains (Aα, Bβ,
and γ), which play an essential role in hemostasis. Conversion of fibrinogen to insoluble …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 receptor is co-expressed with elements of the kinin–kallikrein, renin–angiotensin and coagulation systems in alveolar cells

D Sidarta-Oliveira, CP Jara, AJ Ferruzzi, MS Skaf… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract SARS-CoV-2, the pathogenic agent of COVID-19, employs angiotensin converting
enzyme-2 (ACE2) as its cell entry receptor. Clinical data reveal that in severe COVID-19 …

Laboratory and genetic investigation of mutations accounting for congenital fibrinogen disorders

M Neerman-Arbez, P de Moerloose… - Seminars in thrombosis …, 2016 - thieme-connect.com
Congenital fibrinogen disorders are classified into two types of plasma fibrinogen defects:
type I (quantitative fibrinogen deficiencies), that is, hypofibrinogenemia or afibrinogenemia …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical consequences and molecular bases of low fibrinogen levels

M Neerman-Arbez, A Casini - International journal of molecular sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
The study of inherited fibrinogen disorders, characterized by extensive allelic heterogeneity,
allows the association of defined mutations with specific defects providing significant insight …

[HTML][HTML] Heterogeneity of congenital afibrinogenemia, from epidemiology to clinical consequences and management

A Casini, M Neerman-Arbez, P De Moerloose - Blood Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Fibrinogen is a complex protein playing a major role in coagulation. Congenital
afibrinogenemia, characterized by the complete absence of fibrinogen, is associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Heterogeneity of genotype–phenotype in congenital hypofibrinogenemia—a review of case reports associated with bleeding and thrombosis

M Brunclikova, T Simurda, J Zolkova… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
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Hypofibrinogenemia—A Review of Case Reports Associated with Bleeding and …

Mutational epidemiology of congenital fibrinogen disorders

A Casini, M Blondon, V Tintillier… - Thrombosis and …, 2018 - thieme-connect.com
Background Numerous mutations in FGA, FGB or FGG lead to congenital fibrinogen
disorders (CFDs), but their epidemiology is not well characterized. The aim of this study was …

[HTML][HTML] Congenital afibrinogenemia and hypofibrinogenemia: laboratory and genetic testing in rare bleeding disorders with life-threatening clinical manifestations and …

T Simurda, R Asselta, J Zolkova, M Brunclikova… - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Congenital fibrinogen disorders are rare pathologies of the hemostasis, comprising
quantitative (afibrinogenemia, hypofibrinogenemia) and qualitative (dysfibrinogenemia and …

Recent advances in use of fresh frozen plasma, cryoprecipitate, immunoglobulins, and clotting factors for transfusion support in patients with hematologic disease

PM Nair, MJ Rendo, KM Reddoch-Cardenas… - Seminars in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hematologic diseases include a broad range of acquired and congenital disorders, many of
which affect plasma proteins that control hemostasis and immune responses. Therapeutic …