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Blood coagulation; Fibrinogen; Nitric oxide; Posttranslational modification; Thrombin
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Exposure Of Fibrinogen And Thrombin To Nitric Oxide Donor Prolinonoate Affects Fibrin Clot Properties, Christine C. Helms, Shannon Kapadia, Anne C. Gilmore, Zhexi Lu, Swati Basu, Daniel B. Kim-Shapiro
Exposure Of Fibrinogen And Thrombin To Nitric Oxide Donor Prolinonoate Affects Fibrin Clot Properties, Christine C. Helms, Shannon Kapadia, Anne C. Gilmore, Zhexi Lu, Swati Basu, Daniel B. Kim-Shapiro
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Fibrin fibers form the structural backbone of blood clots. The structural properties of fibrin clots are highly dependent on formation kinetics. Environmental factors such as protein concentration, pH, salt, and protein modification, to name a few, can affect fiber kinetics through altered fibrinopeptide release, monomer association, and/or lateral aggregation. The objective of our study was to determine the effect of thrombin and fibrinogen exposed to nitric oxide on fibrin clot properties. ProliNONOate (5 [mu]mol/l) was added to fibrinogen and thrombin before clot initiation and immediately following the addition of thrombin to the fibrinogen solution. Resulting fibrin fibers were probed with …