Regulation of extravascular coagulation by microvascular permeability

HF Dvorak, DR Senger, AM Dvorak, VS Harvey… - Science, 1985 - science.org
HF Dvorak, DR Senger, AM Dvorak, VS Harvey, J McDonagh
Science, 1985science.org
Extravascular coagulation is a prominent feature of such important pathological processes
as cellular immunity and neoplasia and has been thought to result from procoagulants
associated with the inflammatory or tumor cells peculiar to these entities. It was found that
increased microvascular permeability alone is sufficient to induce equivalent extravascular
coagulation in several normal tissues. The results indicate that saturating levels of
procoagulant are present even in normal tissues and that microvascular permeability is a …
Extravascular coagulation is a prominent feature of such important pathological processes as cellular immunity and neoplasia and has been thought to result from procoagulants associated with the inflammatory or tumor cells peculiar to these entities. It was found that increased microvascular permeability alone is sufficient to induce equivalent extravascular coagulation in several normal tissues. The results indicate that saturating levels of procoagulant are present even in normal tissues and that microvascular permeability is a rate-limiting step in extravascular coagulation.
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