Junya Suzuki, Tadashi Namisaki, Hiroaki Takya, Kosuke Kaji, Norihisa Nishimura, Akihiko Shibamoto, Shohei Asada, Takahiro Kubo, Satoshi Iwai, Fumimasa Tomooka, Soichi Takeda, Aritoshi Koizumi, Misako Tanaka, Takuya Matsuda, Takashi Inoue, Yuki Fujimoto, Yuki Tsuji, Yukihisa Fujinaga, Shinya Sato, Koh Kitagawa, Hideto Kawaratani, Takemi Akahane, Akira Mitoro, Masanori Matsumoto, Kiyoshi Asada, Hitoshi Yoshiji
Portal vein thrombosis (PVT), one of the most prevalent hepatic vascular conditions in patients with liver cirrhosis (LC), is associated with high mortality rates. An imbalance between a disintegrin-like metalloproteinase with thrombospondin type-1 motifs 13 (ADAMTS-13) enzyme and von Willebrand factor (VWF) is responsible for hypercoagulability, including spontaneous thrombus formation in blood vessels. Herein, we aimed to identify potential prognostic and diagnostic biomarkers in Japanese patients with LC and PVT...
February 26, 2024: International Journal of Molecular Sciences