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Fibrinogen metabolism in the lungs.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15690323     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of the pulmonary vessel endothelium in the metabolism of fibrinogen (FBG), by measuring the FBG, D-dimer, and fibrin(ogen) degradation product levels in the blood from pulmonary and radial arteries from 99 patients undergoing aortocoronary bypass. For comparison, protein C, protein S, and factor VII, were also measured. The results showed, with respect to the pulmonary arterial blood levels, significantly lower FBG levels (3.72 +/- 0.83 vs 3.66 +/- 0.81 g/L; P < .001) and higher fibrin(ogen) degradation product levels (7.36 +/- 1.53 vs 8.15 +/- 1.59 mg/L; P < .000 01) in the radial arterial blood. No difference was found for d -dimer, protein C, protein S, and factor VII. The study demonstrated that the pulmonary capillary endothelium contributes to the FBG catabolism for about a 0.02 fractional rate and support the view of an endothelial FBG catabolic pathway as the main catabolic pathway, owing to the fact that the pulmonary endothelial surface is about a 0.1 fraction of the peripheral vessel endothelial surface.
Authors:
Giuseppe Aliberti; Isabella Pulignano; Angelo Schiappoli; Fabrizio Ceci; Luigi Tritapepe; Claudio Di Giovanni; Massimo Trappolini; Maria Proietta
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Publication Detail:
Type:  In Vitro; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Metabolism: clinical and experimental     Volume:  54     ISSN:  0026-0495     ISO Abbreviation:  Metab. Clin. Exp.     Publication Date:  2005 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-02-03     Completed Date:  2005-03-29     Revised Date:  2008-11-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0375267     Medline TA:  Metabolism     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  271-4     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italy. giuseppe.aliberti@uniroma.it
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Endothelium, Vascular / drug effects,  metabolism
Factor VII / metabolism
Female
Fibrinogen / metabolism*
Humans
Lung / metabolism*
Male
Middle Aged
Protein C / metabolism
Protein S / metabolism
Pulmonary Artery / metabolism
Radial Artery / metabolism
Stress, Physiological / metabolism
Thrombin / biosynthesis
Thromboplastin / metabolism
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Protein C; 0/Protein S; 9001-25-6/Factor VII; 9001-32-5/Fibrinogen; 9035-58-9/Thromboplastin; EC 3.4.21.5/Thrombin

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