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Vwf  -  von Willebrand factor

Rattus norvegicus

Synonyms: vWF
 
 
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Disease relevance of Vwf

  • CONCLUSIONS: After partial hepatectomy, plasma vWf is increased, probably due to both acute-phase reaction and decreased degradation [1].
  • BACKGROUND/AIMS: Von Willebrand factor (vWf) is found in high levels in plasma of patients with acute and chronic liver disease [1].
  • The adhesive protein von Willebrand factor (VWF) contributes to platelet function by mediating the initiation and progression of thrombus formation at sites of vascular injury [2].
  • Identification of peptides, selected by phage display technology, that inhibit von Willebrand factor binding to collagen [3].
  • GK islet vascularization, labeled by von Willebrand factor, was altered after 1 month of mild hyperglycemia [4].
 

High impact information on Vwf

  • Together, our studies demonstrate an important role for platelet vWf in initiating the platelet aggregation process under flow and challenge the currently accepted view that the vWf-GPIbalpha interaction is exclusively involved in initiating platelet aggregation at elevated shear rates [5].
  • Studies of platelets congenitally deficient in von Willebrand factor (vWf) or integrin alpha(IIb)beta(3) demonstrated a key role for platelet vWf in mediating platelet tethering and translocation, whereas integrin alpha(IIb)beta(3) mediated cell arrest [5].
  • Most TUNEL-positive cells were not associated with blood vessels and did not colocalize with the endothelial cell-specific antigen, von Willebrand factor [6].
  • The cellular distribution of the ACE protein in the neointima was similar to that of alpha smooth muscle actin but differed from those of endothelial (von Willebrand factor) or monocytes/macrophages (ED-1) markers, demonstrating that ACE was expressed in neointimal smooth muscle cells [7].
  • Endothelial damage was shown at higher homocysteine doses as reflected by circulating ACE and von Willebrand factor changes [8].
 

Chemical compound and disease context of Vwf

 

Biological context of Vwf

 

Anatomical context of Vwf

  • Von Willebrand factor, platelets and endothelial cell interactions [2].
  • These findings suggest that normal erythrocytes adhere to desmopressin-conditioned microvascular endothelium and that endothelial cell-derived vWF is involved in the erythrocyte-endothelium interaction [16].
  • These results are compatible with a model for SS vasoocclusion in which extra-large vWF-mediated adhesion of deformable SS erythrocytes is the first step followed by an accelerated entrapment of dense SS erythrocytes [17].
  • Previous studies of the interaction of SS deformable discocytes with endothelial monolayers or the rat ex vivo mesocecum preparation have shown adhesion that is desmopressin (dDAVP)-stimulated, von Willebrand factor (vWF)-mediated, and limited to the small venules [18].
  • Desmopressin, (DDAVP; 1-desamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin) increases the release and activity of von Willebrand factor (vWF); however, its effects on the other major constituent of endothelial Weibel-Palade bodies, P-selectin, has not been investigated [19].
 

Associations of Vwf with chemical compounds

 

Other interactions of Vwf

 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Vwf

  • We studied the effect of liver mass and remodeling on plasma and tissue vWf after partial hepatectomy [1].
  • METHODS: Rats were sacrificed postoperatively at intervals ranging from 60 min to 5 days, and vWf plasma levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, using rabbit anti-human vWf, and by immunoperoxidase on cryosections, using rabbit anti-vWf/factor VIII [1].
  • Northern blot hybridization was prepared with a complementary DNA specific to human vWf [1].
  • We conclude that endothelial adhesion of deformable SS discocytes can be demonstrated in an in vivo animal model, that this adhesion is enhanced by dDAVP (presumably related to, but not necessarily limited to the release of vWF), and that this phenomenon per se does not lead to vasoocclusion [18].
  • Under the described perfusion conditions, antibodies to fibronectin and thrombospondin, as well as incubation of SS erythrocytes with anti-vWF antibodies did not affect adhesion [17].

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  3. Identification of peptides, selected by phage display technology, that inhibit von Willebrand factor binding to collagen. Depraetere, H., Viaene, A., Deroo, S., Vauterin, S., Deckmyn, H. Blood (1998) [Pubmed]
  4. Islet Inflammation and Fibrosis in a Spontaneous Model of Type 2 Diabetes, the GK Rat. Homo-Delarche, F., Calderari, S., Irminger, J.C., Gangnerau, M.N., Coulaud, J., Rickenbach, K., Dolz, M., Halban, P., Portha, B., Serradas, P. Diabetes (2006) [Pubmed]
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