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ArticleLiver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver2025

Microvesicle Tissue Factor Procoagulant Activity Is Elevated and Correlated With Disease Severity in Patients With Cirrhosis.

Adonis A Protopapas, Anna Takardaki, Nefeli Protopapa, Ioanna Papagiouvanni, Andreas N Protopapas, Lemonia Skoura, Christos Savopoulos, Ioannis Goulis

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Article in Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Adonis A ProtopapasFirst Propaedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-7117-0547
Anna TakardakiDepartment of Microbiology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Nefeli ProtopapaFirst Propaedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Ioanna PapagiouvanniFourth Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5190-0154
Andreas N ProtopapasFirst Propaedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Lemonia SkouraDepartment of Microbiology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Christos SavopoulosFirst Propaedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Ioannis GoulisFourth Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.

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aimsTissue factor-expressing microvesicles (MV-TF) have been found to correlate with thrombotic complications in various diseases. Simultaneously, there is expanding research regarding the effect of the coagulation cascade on liver fibrosis progression. The aim of our manuscript was to evaluate MV-TF activity in patients with cirrhosis and its correlation with disease severity.

methodsWe prospectively enrolled 82 patients [11 with cirrhosis and hepatocellular cancer (Group 1), 50 with cirrhosis (Group 2) and 21 controls (Group 3)]. Extensive workup for disease staging and exclusion criteria was undertaken. Exclusion criteria included thrombophilia, history of thrombosis, recent hospitalisation, ongoing infection, alcohol dependence, cancer, haematological diseases and use of anticoagulant, antiplatelet or contraceptive drugs. Plasma tissue factor antigen concentration and MV-TF activity were assessed.

resultsMV-TF showed median values of 4.03 [1.57], 3.17 [1.59] and 2.26 [1.23] pg/mL in Groups 1, 2 and 3, respectively. There was a statistically significant difference between Groups 1 and 3 (p < 0.001) and Groups 2 and 3 (p = 0.003), while Group 1 had higher values than Group 2 without statistical significance (p = 0.088). In Group 2, the patients' Child-Pugh (CP) stage was A in 56%, B in 26% and C in 18% of cases. MV-TF activity significantly correlated with decompensated cirrhosis (p = 0.005) and higher CP stage (p = 0.011). Finally, MV-TF activity significantly correlated with 12-month mortality (p = 0.021).

conclusionsMV-TF activity is elevated in patients with cirrhosis, showing a significant correlation with disease severity. MV-TF may play a role in the procoagulant imbalance of liver cirrhosis and their contribution in disease progression should be studied further.

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Blood CoagulationCarcinoma, HepatocellularCell-Derived MicroparticlesLiver CirrhosisLiver NeoplasmsThromboplastinAdultAgedBiomarkersCase-Control StudiesDisease ProgressionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesBiomarkersThromboplastinanticoagulationcirrhosisfibrosismicrovesiclesprocoagulantthrombosistissue factor

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PMCPMC11907220

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