Physiology Flashcards
What is a deficiency in GpIb called?
Bernard-Soulier syndrome
What is a deficiency in vWF called?
von Willebrand disease
Failure of aggregation with ristocetin assay occurs in what diseases?
von Willebrand disease and Bernard-Soulier syndrome
What activates vWF to bind GpIb
Ristocetin
What drugs inhibit GpIIb/IIIa directly
Tirofiban, Eptifibatide, Abciximab (TEA)
What drugs inhibit ADP-induced expression of GpIIb/IIIa via P2Y12 receptor?
Prasugrel, Clopidogrel, Ticlopidine (PCT)
What drug inhibits TXA2 synthesis?
Aspirin
What are the steps of primary hemostasis?
Injury, exposure, adhesion, activation, aggregation
What anti-aggregation factor is released by endothelial cells?
Nitrous oxide (NO)
What are the anti-aggregation factors?
PGI2 and NO, increased blood flow, and decreased platelet aggregation
What are the pro-aggregation factors?
TXA2, decreased blood flow, increased platelet aggregation
What binds GpIIb/IIIa allowing linking of platelets?
Fibrinogen
What induces GpIIb/IIIa expression at platelet surface?
ADP binding to P2Y12 receptor
What helps platelets adhere to endothelium?
ADP
What mediates vasoconstriction in a damaged endothelial cell?
Endothelin and neural stimulation reflex
What is released from damaged endothelial cell that causes vasoconstriction?
Endothelin
What initiates platelet plug formation?
Endothelial cell injury
What causes a conformational change in platelets to release ADP, calcium and TXA2?
Binding of GpIb to vWF
What does vWF bind to on the platelet?
GpIb
What does vWF bind to on the endothelial cell?
Exposed collagen
What is used clinically as a thrombolytic?
tPA
What is the function of Protein C and S?
Cleave factors Va and VIIa
What is factor V Leiden?
Factor V resistant to protein C
What are the principle targets of antithrombin?
Factors Xa and thrombin (IIa)
What does heparin enhance the activity of?
Antithrombin
What factors are inhibited by antithrombin?
Activated factors II, VII, IX, X, XI, XII
What enzyme converts factors II, VII, IX, X, proteins C and S into their active forms?
y-glutamyl carboxylase
What enzyme reduces vitamin K?
Epoxide reductase
What factor carries or protects factor VIII
vWF
What coagulation factors will be low in vitamin K deficiency?
Factors II, VII, IX, X, protein C and S
What inhibits vitamin K and its enzyme, epoxide reductase?
Warfarin
What is the inheritance pattern of hemophilia C?
Autosomal recessive