Journal
BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY
Volume 162, Issue 1, Pages 3-14Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12336
Keywords
sickle cell; haemolysis; coagulation; tissue factor; inflammation
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [T32 HL007149, R01 HL096679] Funding Source: Medline
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Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited haematological disorder that leads to the irreversible damage of multiple organs. Although sickling of red blood cells and vaso-occlusion are central to the pathophysiology of sickle cell disease, the importance of haemolytic anaemia and vasculopathy has been recently recognized. A hypercoagulable state is another prominent feature of sickle cell disease and is mediated by activation of both intrinsic and extrinsic coagulation pathways. Growing evidence demonstrates that coagulation may not only contribute to the thrombotic complications, but also to vascular inflammation associated with this disease. This article summarizes the role of vascular inflammation and coagulation activation, discusses potential mechanisms responsible for activation of coagulation and reviews recent data demonstrating the crosstalk between coagulation and vascular inflammation in sickle cell disease.
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