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ArticleTH open : companion journal to thrombosis and haemostasis2021

Low ADAMTS13 Activity Correlates with Increased Mortality in COVID-19 Patients.

Joseph M Sweeney, Mohammad Barouqa, Gregory J Krause, Jesus D Gonzalez-Lugo, Shafia Rahman, Morayma Reyes Gil

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Article in TH open : companion journal to thrombosis and haemostasis, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Endotheliopathy marked by high von Willebrand factor (vWF) antigen in COVID-19 is associated with poor outcome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2022
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  7. Arginine Methylation by PRMT1 Affects ADAMTS13 Secretion and Enzymatic Activity.Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology · 2025
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  17. Adamalysins in COVID-19 - Potential mechanisms behind exacerbating the disease.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2022
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  18. Reduced ADAMTS13 Activity in Correlation with Pathophysiology, Severity, and Outcome of COVID-19: A Retrospective Observational Study.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2022
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  19. Coagulation Studies Are Not Predictive of Hematological Complications of COVID-19 Infection.TH open : companion journal to thrombosis and haemostasis · 2022
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  20. COVID-19 and the Vasculature: Current Aspects and Long-Term Consequences.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Joseph M SweeneyDepartment Physiology and Biophysics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States.
Mohammad BarouqaDepartment of Pathology Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States.
Gregory J KrauseDepartment of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States.
Jesus D Gonzalez-LugoDivision of Hematology, Department of Medical Oncology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States.
Shafia RahmanDivision of Hematology, Department of Medical Oncology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States.
Morayma Reyes GilDepartment of Pathology Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8011-4707

Funding

MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007288 · NIGMS · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI AKABAS, MYLES H. · 1985 to 2022
$35.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007288
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The causes of coagulopathy associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are poorly understood. We aimed to investigate the relationship between von Willebrand factor (VWF) biomarkers, intravascular hemolysis, coagulation, and organ damage in COVID-19 patients and study their association with disease severity and mortality. We conducted a retrospective study of 181 hospitalized COVID-19 patients randomly selected with balanced distribution of survivors and nonsurvivors. Patients who died had significantly lower ADAMTS13 (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with a thrombospondin type 1 motif, member 13) activity, significantly elevated lactate dehydrogenase levels, significantly increased shistocyte/RBC fragment counts, and significantly elevated VWF antigen and activity levels compared with patients discharged alive. These biomarkers correlate with markedly elevated D-dimers. Additionally, only 30% of patients who had an ADAMTS13 activity level of less than 43% on admission survived, yet 60% of patients survived who had an ADAMTS13 activity level of greater than 43% on admission. In conclusion, COVID-19 may present with low ADAMTS13 activity in a subset of hospitalized patients. Presence of schistocytes/RBC fragment and elevated D-dimer on admission may warrant a work-up for ADAMTS13 activity and VWF antigen and activity levels. These findings indicate the need for future investigation to study the relationship between endothelial and coagulation activation and the efficacy of treatments aimed at prevention and/or amelioration of microangiopathy in COVID-19.

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ADAMTS13coagulopathyCOVID-19schistocytesvon Willebrand factor

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PMID33709050
PMCPMC7943318

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