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SUBMITTER: Turecek PL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7890348 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Turecek Peter L PL Peck Rachel C RC Rangarajan Savita S Reilly-Stitt Christopher C Laffan Michael A MA Kazmi Rashid R James Izabela I Dushianthan Ahilanandan A Schrenk Gerald G Gritsch Herbert H Ewenstein Bruce M BM Mellgard Bjorn B Erdlenbruch Wolfhard W Jain Nisha N Binder Nikolaus B NB Mumford Andrew D AD
Thrombosis research 20210218
Thrombosis affecting the pulmonary and systemic vasculature is common during severe COVID-19 and causes adverse outcomes. Although thrombosis likely results from inflammatory activation of vascular cells, the mediators of thrombosis remain unconfirmed. In a cross-sectional cohort of 36 severe COVID-19 patients, we show that markedly increased plasma von Willebrand factor (VWF) levels were accompanied by a partial reduction in the VWF regulatory protease ADAMTS13. In all patients we find this VWF ...[more]