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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-12-7
pubmed:abstractText
Thrombomodulin (TM) is an endothelial cell membrane glycoprotein which neutralizes thrombin procoagulant activity and accelerates the thrombin-catalyzed activation of protein C. We expressed recombinant human soluble TM (rhs-TM) in Chinese hamster ovary cells and compared the effects of rhs-TM and heparin on endotoxin-induced experimental disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in rats. Experimental DIC was induced by a continuous intravenous infusion of endotoxin for four hours. rhs-TM or heparin was infused simultaneously with endotoxin. Treatment with rhs-TM significantly reversed the endotoxin-induced changes in significantly reversed the endotoxin-induced changes in following parameters: platelet count, fibrinogen level and fibrinogen and fibrin degradation products. Furthermore, glomerular fibrin deposits elevated by endotoxin treatment were reduced by the rhs-TM administration. Heparin showed the similar effects to rhs-TM. Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) in rats receiving rhs-TM were slightly longer than APTT in endotoxin-treated rats, but rats receiving heparin had much more prolonged APTT. From these results, we concluded that rhs-TM may be useful for the clinical treatment of DIC while having only minor adverse effects on APTT.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0049-3848
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
71
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
325-35
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8236161-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8236161-Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation, pubmed-meshheading:8236161-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:8236161-Endotoxins, pubmed-meshheading:8236161-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8236161-Fibrin, pubmed-meshheading:8236161-Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products, pubmed-meshheading:8236161-Fibrinogen, pubmed-meshheading:8236161-Fibrinolytic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:8236161-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8236161-Infusions, Intravenous, pubmed-meshheading:8236161-Kidney Glomerulus, pubmed-meshheading:8236161-Partial Thromboplastin Time, pubmed-meshheading:8236161-Prothrombin Time, pubmed-meshheading:8236161-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:8236161-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:8236161-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8236161-Thrombomodulin
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Antithrombotic effect of recombinant human soluble thrombomodulin on endotoxin-induced disseminated intravascular coagulation in rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute for Life Science Research, Asahi Chemical Industry, Shizuoka, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article