Relationship between hypercoagulable state and erythrocyte phosphatidylserine exposure in splenectomized haemoglobin E/β-thalassaemic patients
Relationship between hypercoagulable state and erythrocyte phosphatidylserine exposure in splenectomized haemoglobin E/β-thalassaemic patients
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DOI:
10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03711.x
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发表时间:
2002-09-01
影响因子:
6.5
通讯作者:
Atamasirikul, K
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作者:
Atichartakarn, V;Angchaisuksiri, P;Atamasirikul, K
Small pulmonary arterial thromboses can occur following splenectomy of patients with haemoglobin E/beta-thalassaemia (Hb E/beta-thal). We compared plasma markers of coagulation activation in vivo and red blood cell (RBC) markers of procoagulant activity in 15 Hb E/beta-thal patients who were not splenectomized (NS), 15 who had been splenectomized (S), and 15 normal controls (NC). Levels of plasma thrombin-antithrombin III complex (TAT) were significantly higher in the S group than in either the NS or the NC groups, and levels of prothrombin fragment 1.2 (F 1.2) were significantly higher in the S than in the NC group. Diluted Russell's viper venom clotting times were significantly shorter when RBCs from group S patients were added to the assay compared with RBCs from the NC group. Phosphatidylserine (PS) expression (% of annexin V-positive RBCs) on the outer leaflet of RBC membrane of both 'larger'- and 'smaller'-sized RBCs was significantly higher for the S than the NC group. The RBC PS expression of the S and the NS groups, respectively, accounted for 25.3% (P = 0.174) and 6.3% (P = 0.675) of the variation in plasma TAT levels. Our findings indicated that, when compared with NC, splenectomized patients with Hb E/beta-thal were in a chronic low-grade hypercoagulable state associated with increased numbers of circulating PS exposed RBCs. This condition may have a role in the risk of these patients for pulmonary arterial thromboses.