Title : PF4/heparin complexes are T cell-dependent antigens.

Pub. Date : 2005 Aug 1

PMID : 15845897






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1 Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a life-threatening, thrombotic disorder associated with development of anti-platelet factor 4 (anti-PF4)/heparin autoantibodies. Heparin platelet factor 4 Mus musculus
2 Mice injected with mPF4/heparin, but not mPF4 or heparin alone, developed heparin-dependent autoantibodies that shared serologic and functional characteristics of human HIT antibodies, including preferential binding to mPF4/heparin complexes and causing heparin- and FcRgammaIIA-dependent platelet activation. Heparin platelet factor 4 Mus musculus