The study was aimed to observe the changes of blood coagulation factors in the SD rats suffered from hemorrhagic shock, and to investigate the mechanism of coagulation cascade reaction in the course of shock. The model of hemorrhagic shock was established. 40 SD rats were randomized into eight groups: pre-shock, and 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12 and 24 hours after shock, and the levels of plasma FVIII, vWF, TF, D-dimer, FIB, APTT and PT were detected respectively. The result showed that APTT and PT were gradually prolonged, which were significant within 4-6 hour after shock (P < 0.05). APTT and PT were 59.7 seconds and 30.2 seconds respectively. The level of plasma D-dimer markedly increased, and peaked at 8 hour after shock. The level of fibrinogen, TF, vWF and FVIIIa increased in the initial stage of shock. With the development of shock, fibrinogen markedly reduced from 2nd hour (P < 0.05) and dropped to the minimum at 7 hours after shock. Plasma TF, vWF, FVIII significantly decreased after 6 hours and 8 hours (P < 0.001). The ratios of the consumed coagulation factors: FVIII of (86.1 +/- 1.8)%, fibrinogen of (89.6 +/- 0.6)%, vWF (55 +/- 1.4)%, TF (62 +/- 2.5)%. Thus, coagulation factor I (fibrinogen) and FVIII were preferentially consumed. The extrinsic coagulation pathway was dominantly activated, whereas the intrinsic coagulation pathway played a less important role. Fibrinogen and D-dimer might be valuable for the prognosis of patients suffered from shock. It is concluded that hemorrhagic shock trigger the coagulation cascade reaction, and the coagulation factors are greatly consumed. Unbalance of coagulation system plays an important role in the progress of shock.
Animals ; Blood Coagulation ; Blood Coagulation Factors ; metabolism ; Female ; Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products ; metabolism ; Fibrinogen ; metabolism ; Male ; Partial Thromboplastin Time ; Prothrombin Time ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Shock, Hemorrhagic ; blood

OBJECTIVETo investigate the blood fibrinogen (FIB) content before and after chemotherapy or radiotherapy in 43 malignant tumor patients.

METHODSCOULTER ACL-200 automated coagulation analyzer was used in monitoring FIB in the patients.

RESULTSThe FIB content was significantly higher in malignant tumor patients than that in benign disease patients. Significant reduction was observed after treatment which became elevated again when there was recurrence or metastasis.

CONCLUSIONAssessment of FIB not only helps to diagnose cancers but evaluate the therapeutic effect and prognosis also.

Biomarkers, Tumor ; metabolism ; Female ; Fibrinogen ; metabolism ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Neoplasms ; blood ; radiotherapy ; Prognosis

Animals ; Disease Models, Animal ; Fibrinogen ; metabolism ; Hepatitis, Autoimmune ; immunology ; metabolism ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL

OBJECTIVETo investigate the effect of fibrinogen (Fg), fibrin (Fb) and fibrin (ogen) degradation products (FDPs) on tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) expressions of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in coculture system.

METHODSFg, Fb and FDPs at various concentrations (0, 0.5, 1.5, 3.0, 4.5 and 6.0 g/L) were added to the transwell coculture system of HUVECs and smooth muscle cells (SMCs) for 24 hours. The expressions of tPA and PAI-1 at mRNA level were examined by RT-PCR and tPA and PAI-1 protein and activity were detected by ELISA and substrate chromogenic assays.

RESULTStPA expression was not affected by Fg. Fg at concentrations between 3.0 - 4.5 g/L significantly enhanced the mRNA expression, protein content and activity of PAI-1, while expression of PAI-1 was significantly inhibited by Fg at concentration of 6.0 g/L. Fb at concentrations between 3.0 - 4.5 g/L significantly up-regulated mRNA expression, increased protein content and down-regulated activity of tPA. Fb (1.5 - 4.5 g/L) also enhanced the mRNA expression, increased protein content and activity of PAI-1. FDPs at concentrations 3.0 - 6.0 g/L down-regulated the expression of tPA and FDPs at concentrations 1.5 - 6.0 g/L significantly enhanced PAI-1 mRNA expression.

CONCLUSIONFg, Fb and FDPs play important roles in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis by modulating the expression of tPA and PAI-1 of endothelial and SMCs.

Animals ; Arteriosclerosis ; metabolism ; pathology ; Cells, Cultured ; Coculture Techniques ; Endothelial Cells ; metabolism ; Fibrin ; metabolism ; Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products ; metabolism ; Fibrinogen ; metabolism ; Humans ; Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 ; metabolism ; RNA, Messenger ; metabolism ; Rabbits ; Tissue Plasminogen Activator ; metabolism

OBJECTIVETo preliminarily explore the relationship between thrombosis and its associated factors in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) of turbidity-phlegm blocking syndrome (TPB), and to study its acting mechanism.

METHODSPlasma levels of thrombosis-associated factors, including Von Willebrand factor: (vWF), D-dimer, and fibrinogen (Fg), in 85 patients of CHD with TPB, 93 with CHD of non-TPD, and 89 healthy persons were detected and compared.

RESULTSLevels of the three factors were increased in all the CHD: patients, and were higher in TPB patients than in non-TPB patients (P<0.01 or P<0.05).

CONCLUSIONThe TPB: syndrome in CHD patients was closely related to the blood coagulation-fibrinolytic system; they might be in pre-thrombosis state, and the plasma levels of vWF, D-dimer, and Fg could be taken as the objective indices for thrombosis differentiation of TPB syndrome in CHD patients.

Case-Control Studies ; Coronary Disease ; blood ; physiopathology ; Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products ; metabolism ; Fibrinogen ; analysis ; Humans ; Thrombosis ; blood ; physiopathology ; von Willebrand Factor ; metabolism

OBJECTIVETo investigate the correlation of tongue manifestation with the fibrinogen level and the neutrophil count in blood of acute cerebral infarction patients.

METHODSA total of 200 patients with first unilateral cerebral infarction in Neurology Department of Xuanwu Hospital from March, 2008 to February, 2009 were recruited in this study. The correlation of the tongue fur color and texture with the blood fibrinogen level and the neutrophil count was analyzed in these patients.

RESULTSThe level of fibrinogen and neutrophil count in thick fur group were significantly higher than that in thin fur group (P<0.05). There was no statistical difference in the level of fibrinogen and neutrophil count found between moist fur and dry fur. Statistical significance existed in the level of fibrinogen between the greasy tongue fur group and non-greasy tongue fur group (P<0.05). The level of fibrinogen and the neutrophil count were compared among different fur color groups, revealing that the level of fibrinogen in yellowish fur group was higher than that of white fur group and normal value with statistical significance (P<0.05) with neutrophil count in yellowish fur group being significantly higher than that in white fur group.

CONCLUSIONOur results suggested that the change of tongue manifestation was associated with the level of fibrinogen and the neutrophil count in the blood of cerebral infarction patients.

Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Cerebral Infarction ; metabolism ; physiopathology ; Fibrinogen ; metabolism ; Humans ; Lymphocyte Count ; Neutrophils ; Tongue ; metabolism ; physiopathology

Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products ; metabolism ; Humans ; Male ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; adverse effects ; Middle Aged

OBJECTIVETo compare changes of blood clotting state after initial trauma fractures and twice trauma fractures, investigate the effect of fracture history to the state of the blood clotting after secondary trauma fractures.

METHODSThirty New Zealand rabbits were selected, aged 5-6 months, males and females unlimited, weighted 2.4-2.6 kg, non-pregnant. Postoperative model of initial trauma fractures was established, and then postoperative model after twice trauma fractures was built. Prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), thrombin time (TT), fiber fibrinogen (FIB) and D-dimer (DD) were detected by venous blood at 1 day and 5 days after surgery. Changes of indicators were compared between after twice fractures at the same time.

RESULTSComparing with 1 day after the secondary trauma fracture and initial trauma fracture surgery, PT, APTT values showed no significant difference (P > 0.05), TT, FIB, DD values were increased, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05); Comparing with 5 days after the secondary trauma fracture and initial trauma fracture surgery, PT values showed no significant difference (P < 0 .05), APTT, TT, FIB, DD values were increased, and the difference was statistically significant (P< 0.05).

CONCLUSIONBlood after the secondary trauma fractures is in hypercoagulable state after fracture surgery.

Animals ; Blood Coagulation ; Female ; Fibrinogen ; metabolism ; Fractures, Bone ; blood ; surgery ; Humans ; Male ; Prothrombin Time

Objective: To investigate the correlation of homocysteine (HCY) and coagulation function index with the risk of breast cancer and its clinicopathological characteristics. Methods: The HCY, coagulation function test index, and clinicopathological information of female breast cancer patients (333 cases) treated in Tianjin Medical University Cancer Hospital from January 2018 to December 2018 were collected, and female patients with benign breast (225 cases) were selected during the same period for the control group. The t-test was used to compare measurement data with normal distribution, D-Dimer data were distributed discreetly and described by median, non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare the two groups. The chi-square test was used to compare enumeration data, and the Logistic regression analysis was used for the risk analysis. Results: The levels of HCY, fibrinogen (Fbg), protein C (PC), and median D-Dimer (D-D) in peripheral blood of breast cancer patients group [(13.26±5.24) μmol/L, (2.61±0.83) g/L, (117.55±19.67)%, and 269.68 ng/ml, respectively] were higher than those in the control group [(11.58±0.69) μmol/L, (2.49±0.49) g/L, (113.42±19.82)% and 246.98 ng/ml, respectively, P<0.05]. The prothrombin time (PT), PT(INR), α2-antiplasmin (α2-AP) levels [(10.19±0.63) s, 0.91±0.07 and (110.64±13.93)%, respectively] were lower than those in the control group [(10.58±0.65) s, 0.93±0.01 and (123.81±14.77) %, P<0.05]. The serum levels of PC and median D-D in premenopausal breast cancer patients [(112.57±17.86)% and 242.01 ng/ml, respectively] were higher than those in the control group [(105.31±22.31)% and 214.75 ng/ml, respectively, P<0.05]. The levels of PT(INR), α2-AP [0.91±0.07 and (111.29±12.54)%, respectively] were lower than those of the control group[0.98±0.15 and (120.17±16.35)%, respectively, P<0.05]. The levels of HCY and median D-D in postmenopausal breast cancer patients [(14.25±5.76) μmol/L and 347.53 ng/ml, respectively] were higher than those in the control group [(11.67±2.38) μmol/L and 328.28 ng/ml, P<0.05]. The levels of PT, PT(INR), antithrombin Ⅲ (AT-Ⅲ), α2-AP levels [(10.18±0.66) s, 0.87±0.09, (97.30±12.84)% and (110.13±14.96)%] were lower than those in the control group [(10.38±0.61) s, 0.90±0.08, (102.89±9.12)%, and (127.05±12.38)%, respectively, P<0.05]. The levels of α2-AP and median D-D in T2-4 stage breast cancer patients [(111.69±14.41)% and 289.25 ng/ml, respectively] were higher than those in Tis-1 stage patients [(108.05±12.37)% and 253.49 ng/ml, respectively, P<0.05]. The levels of PT, PT (INR), Fbg, AT-Ⅲ, α2-AP, median D-D [(10.62±0.63) s, 0.95±0.06, (3.04±1.52) g/L, (103.21±9.45)%, (118.72±14.77)% and 331.33 ng/ml, respectively] in breast cancer patients with lymph node metastasis were higher than those of patients without lymph node metastasis [(10.42±0.58) s, 0.93±0.06, (2.52±0.54) g/L, (95.20±13.63)%, (106.91±13.13)% and 263.38 ng/ml, respectively, P<0.05]. In non-menopausal breast cancer patients, the level of HCY [(12.63±4.41) μmol/L] in patients with T2-4 stage was higher than that of patients with Tis-1 stage [(10.70±3.49) μmol/L, P=0.010], and the level of thrombin time [(19.35±0.90) s] of patients with T2-4 stage was lower than that of patients with Tis-1 stage [(19.79±1.23) s, P=0.015]. The levels of PT(INR), Fbg, AT-Ⅲ, α2-AP [0.97±0.56, (3.37±2.34) g/L, (102.38±8.77)% and (120.95±14.06)%] in patients with lymph node metastasis were higher than those of patients without lymph node metastasis [0.94±0.05, (2.36±0.48) g/L, (94.56±14.37)% and (109.51±11.46)%, respectively, P<0.05]. Among postmenopausal breast cancer patients, the levels of AT-Ⅲ and α2-AP in T2-4 stage patients [(98.48±11.80)% and (111.84±15.35)%, respectively] were higher than those in patients with the Tis-1 stage [(94.12±14.98)% and (105.49±12.89)%, respectively, P<0.05]. The levels of AT-Ⅲ and α2-AP in N1-3 stage patients [(103.74±9.94)% and (117.29±15.23)%] were higher than those in N0 stage patients [(95.75±13.01)% and (108.39±14.42)%, P<0.05]. Conclusions: HCY and abnormal coagulation function are related to the risk of breast cancer, T stage and lymph node metastasis in breast cancer patients.
Blood Coagulation Disorders ; Breast Neoplasms ; Female ; Fibrinogen/metabolism* ; Homocysteine ; Humans ; Lymphatic Metastasis ; Prothrombin Time

OBJECTIVETo determine the changes in levels of D-dimer, prothrombin time (PT), fibrinogen (Fib), CD4 and CD8 in relation to hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) by using a rat model system and to assess the association with pathologic changes in lung.

METHODSForty male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into equal groups for modeling of cirrhosis and HPS. The two groups were assessed by blood gas analysis, standard biochemical tests to measure D-dimer, PT, Fib, CD4 and CD8, and pathological examination of lung tissues.

RESULTSThe HPS rats showed significantly lower PaO2 than the cirrhosis rats (58.20+/-3.19 mmHg vs. 85.00+/-2.53 mmHg, P = 0.000). The HPS rats showed significantly higher levels of D-dimer, Fib and CD8 than the cirrhosis rats (0.39+/-0.09 mg/ml vs. 0.25+/-0.05 mg/ml, P = 0.000; 1.77+/-0.10 g/L vs. and 1.49+/-0.09 g/L, P = 0.010; 32.32+/-4.45/mm3 vs. 20.13+/-6.09/mm3, P = 0.014). The HPS rats showed significantly lower levels of PT, CD4 and CD4/CD8 than the cirrhosis rats (14.86+/-1.04 s vs. 16.23+/-0.75 s, P = 0.036; 20.45+/-3.86/mm3 vs. 26.75+/-5.32/mm3, P = 0.000; 0.64+/-0.09 vs. 1.32+/-0.13, P = 0.000). The lung tissues of the HPS rats showed microthrombosis in pulmonary vessels, which were not observed in lung tissues of the cirrhosis rats.

CONCLUSIONHPS-related differential levels of D-dimer, PT, Fib, CD4, CD8 and CD4/CD8 may represent a biomarker profile suggestive of incidence of thromboembolism in lung.

Animals ; CD4 Antigens ; metabolism ; CD4-CD8 Ratio ; CD8 Antigens ; metabolism ; Disease Models, Animal ; Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products ; metabolism ; Fibrinogen ; metabolism ; Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ; blood ; Liver Cirrhosis ; blood ; Lung ; pathology ; Male ; Prothrombin Time ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley