[HTML][HTML] Fibrin (ogen) in human disease: both friend and foe

R Vilar, RJ Fish, A Casini, M Neerman-Arbez - Haematologica, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Fibrinogen is an abundant protein synthesized in the liver, present in human blood plasma
at concentrations ranging from 1.5-4 g/L in healthy individuals with a normal half-life of 3-5 …

Fibrinogen and fibrin

JW Weisel - Advances in protein chemistry, 2005 - Elsevier
Fibrinogen is a large, complex, fibrous glycoprotein with three pairs of polypeptide chains
linked together by 29 disulfide bonds. It is 45 nm in length, with globular domains at each …

Goal-directed coagulation management of major trauma patients using thromboelastometry (ROTEM®)-guided administration of fibrinogen concentrate and …

H Schöchl, U Nienaber, G Hofer, W Voelckel, C Jambor… - Critical care, 2010 - Springer
Introduction The appropriate strategy for trauma-induced coagulopathy management is
under debate. We report the treatment of major trauma using mainly coagulation factor …

Congenital fibrinogen disorders: an update

P De Moerloose, A Casini… - Seminars in thrombosis …, 2013 - thieme-connect.com
Hereditary fibrinogen abnormalities comprise two classes of plasma fibrinogen defects: Type
I, afibrinogenemia or hypofibrinogenemia, which has absent or low plasma fibrinogen …

Rare inherited disorders of fibrinogen

SS Acharya, DM Dimichele - Haemophilia, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Fibrinogen, a hexameric glycoprotein encoded by three genes–FGA, FGB, FGG–clustered
on chromosome 4q is involved in the final steps of coagulation as a precursor of fibrin …

Genetic variation in the fibrinogen gamma gene increases the risk for deep venous thrombosis by reducing plasma fibrinogen γ′ levels

S Uitte de Willige, MCH de Visser… - Blood, 2005 - ashpublications.org
We investigated the association between haplotypes of fibrinogen alpha (FGA), beta (FGB),
and gamma (FGG), total fibrinogen levels, fibrinogen γ′(γA/γ′ plus γ′/γ′) levels, and risk …

Fibrinogen and the risk of thrombosis

P De Moerloose, F Boehlen… - … in thrombosis and …, 2010 - thieme-connect.com
Fibrinogen contributes to thrombosis risk in different ways. Indeed, various mutations in the
fibrinogen genes predispose to thrombosis. At the same time, high levels of fibrinogen are …

A critical evaluation of cryoprecipitate for replacement of fibrinogen

B Sørensen, D Bevan - British journal of haematology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Maintaining the plasma fibrinogen concentration is important to limit excessive perioperative
blood loss. This article considers the evidence for this statement, and questions the …

Thrombin generation assays: accruing clinical relevance

HC Hemker, R Al Dieri, S Béguin - Current opinion in hematology, 2004 - journals.lww.com
The method can be profitably applied to various hitherto unyielding problems such as the
control of (low-molecular-weight) heparin therapy, the detection of lupus anticoagulant, and …

Congenital fibrinogen disorders

P de Moerloose… - Seminars in thrombosis …, 2009 - thieme-connect.com
Inherited disorders of fibrinogen affect either the quantity (afibrinogenemia and
hypofibrinogenemia) or the quality (dysfibrinogenemia) of the circulating fibrinogen or both …