Ischemic heart disease is caused by a combination of and interaction between a number of genetic and environmental factors. In a study of a group of healthy men from the United Kingdom, such an interaction was identified between the levels of plasma triglycerides and genetic variation determining plasma levels of factor VII, a clotting factor that is associated with risk of ischemic heart disea...

Ischemic heart disease is caused by a combination of and interaction between a number of genetic and environmental factors. In a study of a group of healthy men from the United Kingdom, such an interaction was identified between the levels of plasma triglycerides and genetic variation determining plasma levels of factor VII, a clotting factor that is associated with risk of ischemic heart disea...

In the present study we demonstrate that human monocytes can be induced by the model stimulus, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), to produce and assemble on their surface functional Factor VII/VIIa. This protease was not induced in relatively purified monocytes alone following exposure to LPS; but was induced in the presence of Leu-3a positive helper/inducer T cells. The Factor VII/VIIa protease activit...

the risks of transmitting viral infection by blood and plasma-derived products have long been known and still remain an area of concern. in this study, in the process of purifying human factor vii from prothrombin complex, sid treatment using tri-n-butyl phosphate and tween 80 was employed and its capability and efficacy was studied. the results indicated that the process did not affect the bio...

Factor VII activity (FVIIc), a risk marker for coronary heart disease, is increased during postprandial lipemia. Factor VII activation accompanies lipolysis of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins, but the nature of this association and whether it is causal remain uncertain. To explore this issue, four patients with homozygous factor XII deficiency, four with complete factor XI deficiency, six with f...

Recent reports have suggested that thromboplastin (Tpl) prepared from lung may reflect more accurately than does brain Tpl the changes produced in the prothrombin complex by coumarin derivatives (1, 2). As evidence for this, it has been observed that as factor VII concentration decreases in the plasma of Dicumarol '-treated patients, the prothrombin time obtained with lung Tpl becomes dispropor...

Factor VII has been purified to homogeneity from bovine plasma by a procedure that includes affinity purification on an immunoadsorbent column. Recovery was determined by both coagulant assay and liquid scintillation counting, using 3H-factor VII as an internal standard. The purification factor calculated by both methods was approximately 120,000-fold, with a final yield of approximately 18%. H...

The association between the concentration of different plasma lipoproteins and plasma factor VII (F VII) was analysed by isolating plasma very low density lipoprotein (VLDL), low density lipoprotein (LDL), and high density lipoprotein (HDL) lipoproteins and assessing their in vitro interaction with F VII by immunoenzyme assay using peroxidase labelled anti-factor VII immunoglobulins to determin...

Factor VII is the term used by Koller, Loeliger, and Duckert (1951) for the accelerator complex of prothrombin conversion present in both plasma and serum which is markedly reduced by treatment with drugs of the dicoumarin group. It has been shown by Poller (1954 and 1956a) that there is a significant reduction in the anticoagulant action of heparin on the plasma clotting times of patients with...