PLATELET HYPERAGGREGABILITY AND THE NEPHROTIC SYNDROME
PLATELET HYPERAGGREGABILITY AND THE NEPHROTIC SYNDROME
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DOI:
10.1016/0049-3848(79)90082-3
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
7.5
通讯作者:
SILVER, MJ
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作者:
REMUZZI, G;MECCA, G;SILVER, MJ
The relationship between low levels of circulating plasma albumin and hyper-sensitivity to the induction of platelet aggregation by arachidonic acid, ADP or collagen was studied in 19 patients with nephrotic syndrome. Similar studies were done in 16 healthy volunteers. All patients had abnormally low or low normal levels of plasma albumin, a protein which may regulate platelet aggregation and prostaglandin synthesis. The mean threshold concentration necessary to induce aggregation in patients'' platelet-rich plasma was 0.16 mM for arachidonic acid and 0.33 .mu.m for ADP. Respective values for normal platelet rich plasma were 0.56 mM for arachidonic acid and 0.96 .mu.M for ADP. Differences between patients and normals were highly significant (P < 0.001). Patients who had the lowest albumin levels of (< 2 g/dl) had platelets which were highly sensitive to induction of aggregation by arachidonic acid. Addition of purified albumin to platelet-rich plasma of 4 patients, to raise the albumin level to the normal range, resulted in normalizing the threshold aggregating concentration to arachidonic acid. Elevation of the concentration of circulating plasma albumin resulted in normalization of the threshold aggregating concentration to arachidonic acid. The low plasma albumin concentration in patients with nephrotic syndrome is apparently an important factor in their hyper-sensitivity to platelet aggregation by arachidonic acid in vitro and could contribute to their thrombotic tendency.