Fletcher factor-deficient plasma is deficient in prekallikrein and therefore generates no bradykinin upon activation with kaolin. It also possesses a diminished rate of kaolin-activable coagulation and fibrinolysis and possesses a defect in kaolin-activable chemotactic activity. These abnormalities are also corrected by reconstitution with purified prekallikrein. Addition of intact activated Ha...

ASSAY PRINCIPLE: Antithrombin is the major physiological coagulation inhibitor. It inhibits coagulation serine esterases, especially Thrombin, Factor Xa and Factor IXa, regulates coagulation pathway and prevents from thrombosis. In the absence of heparin, Antithrombin is a “slow acting”, progressive, inhibitor of coagulation serine esterases. The antithrombin Anti-IIa method is a method based o...

snake venoms contain a rich variety of factors which affect blood coagulation. there have been few reports on the anticoagulant activity of the venom of different cobras, but no such observations have been made on the iranian cobra, although a procoagulant factor has been described. in this study an anticoagulant factor has been purified from the venom of naja naja oxiana using gel filtration f...

Thrombosis, especially arterial, develops by mediation of platelets, adhering to collagen fibers at areas of endothelial cell damage. At this phase, platelet activation leads them to secrete factors [ADP, Fibrinogen, von Willebrand Factor (vWF), Fibronectin, Factor XIII] capable of promoting cell aggregation/adhesion and coagulation, inducing vasoconstriction (thromboxane A2) and acting as mito...

Plasma levels of protein C (PC) and vitamin K-dependent coagulation factors (factors II, VII, IX and X) were measured in 100 specimens from patients on long-term warfarin therapy. Both activities and antigens of these coagulation factors were decreased, depending on the thrombotest values. Factor II activity/antigen ratio and factor X activity/antigen ratio were correlated well with thrombotest...

AIMS Chronic heart failure (HF) is associated with activation of blood coagulation but there is a lack of prospective studies on the association between coagulation markers and incident HF in general populations. We have examined the association between the coagulation markers fibrinogen, von Willebrand Factor (VWF), Factors VII, VIII and IX, D-dimer, activated protein C (APC) and activated par...