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ArticleJournal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH2020

The development and characterization of a long acting anti-thrombotic von Willebrand factor (VWF) aptamer.

Shuhao Zhu, James C Gilbert, Paul Hatala, Warren Harvey, Zicai Liang, Shan Gao, Daiwu Kang, Bernd Jilma

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Article in Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Shuhao ZhuGuardian Therapeutics Inc, Lexington, Massachusetts, USA.
James C GilbertGuardian Therapeutics Inc, Lexington, Massachusetts, USA.
Paul HatalapHatala Consulting, Medford, Massachusetts, USA.
Warren HarveyICON Clinical Research, Dublin, Ireland.
Zicai LiangSuzhou Ribo Life Science Co., Ltd, Kunshan City, China.
Shan GaoSuzhou Ribo Life Science Co., Ltd, Kunshan City, China.
Daiwu KangSuzhou Ribo Life Science Co., Ltd, Kunshan City, China.
Bernd JilmaDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-5652-7977
Guardian Industries (United States) · USMedical University of Vienna · AT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThrombus formation involves coagulation proteins and platelets. The latter, referred to as platelet-mediated thrombogenesis, is predominant in arterial circulation. Platelet thrombogenesis follows vascular injury when extracellular von Willebrand factor (VWF) binds via its A3 domain to exposed collagen, and the free VWF A1 domain binds to platelet glycoprotein Ib (GPIb).

objectivesTo characterize the antiplatelet/antithrombotic activity of the pegylated VWF antagonist aptamer BT200 and identify the aptamer VWF binding site.

methodsBT100 is an optimized aptamer synthesized by solid-phase chemistry and pegylated (BT200) by standard conjugation chemistry. The affinity of BT200 for purified human VWF was evaluated as was VWF inhibition in monkey and human plasma. Efficacy of BT200 was assessed in the monkey FeCl

resultsBT200 bound human VWF at an EC

conclusionsBT200 has shown promising inhibition of human VWF in vitro and prevented arterial occlusion in non-human primates. These data including a long half-life after subcutaneous injections provide a strong rationale for ongoing clinical development of BT200.

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Thrombosisvon Willebrand FactorAnimalsBlood PlateletsHumansPlatelet Function TestsPlatelet Glycoprotein GPIb-IX ComplexPlatelet Glycoprotein GPIb-IX Complexvon Willebrand Factoraptamersarterial thrombosisplateletsprimatesvon Willebrand factor

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PMID32011054
PMCPMC7317574
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