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Tissue factor: a critical role in inflammation and cancer

Tissue factor: a critical role in inflammation and cancer
Tissue factor: a critical role in inflammation and cancer
A series of coordinated enzymatic reactions takes place in the body whenever blood clots. The major physiological initiator of these reactions is a membrane-bound glycoprotein known as tissue factor (TF), which is normally separated from the bloodstream by the vascular endothelium. Bleeding, caused by injury or tissue damage, activates a complex enzyme cascade as TF becomes exposed to the bloodstream. In disease states, leukocytes or the vascular endothelium may abnormally express TF to cause intravascular coagulation. The blood-coagulation cascade is also relevant to diseases such as hemophilia, in which patients are deficient in blood proteins necessary for clotting, and is linked to vascular diseases such as heart attack and stroke, in which clotting can lead to the occlusion of blood vessels. Coagulation is also activated in inflammation and cancer. In this article, we discuss characteristics of TF and review its role in inflammation and cancer.
tissue factor, blood coagulation, inflammation, cancer
1099-8004
97-107
Lwaleed, B.A.
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Cooper, A.J.
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Voegeli, D.
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Getliffe, K.
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Lwaleed, B.A.
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Cooper, A.J.
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Lwaleed, B.A., Cooper, A.J., Voegeli, D. and Getliffe, K. (2007) Tissue factor: a critical role in inflammation and cancer. Biological Research for Nursing, 9 (2), 97-107. (doi:10.1177/1099800407305733).

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Abstract

A series of coordinated enzymatic reactions takes place in the body whenever blood clots. The major physiological initiator of these reactions is a membrane-bound glycoprotein known as tissue factor (TF), which is normally separated from the bloodstream by the vascular endothelium. Bleeding, caused by injury or tissue damage, activates a complex enzyme cascade as TF becomes exposed to the bloodstream. In disease states, leukocytes or the vascular endothelium may abnormally express TF to cause intravascular coagulation. The blood-coagulation cascade is also relevant to diseases such as hemophilia, in which patients are deficient in blood proteins necessary for clotting, and is linked to vascular diseases such as heart attack and stroke, in which clotting can lead to the occlusion of blood vessels. Coagulation is also activated in inflammation and cancer. In this article, we discuss characteristics of TF and review its role in inflammation and cancer.

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Published date: October 2007
Keywords: tissue factor, blood coagulation, inflammation, cancer

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Local EPrints ID: 49095
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/49095
ISSN: 1099-8004
PURE UUID: bbd2c7f2-a35b-4b50-abc0-75a0405df48a
ORCID for D. Voegeli: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3457-7177

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Date deposited: 24 Oct 2007
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 09:53

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Author: B.A. Lwaleed
Author: A.J. Cooper
Author: D. Voegeli ORCID iD
Author: K. Getliffe

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