Endothelial Colony-Forming Cells from Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients Have a High Procoagulant Potential.
Stem Cell Rev Rep
; 17(2): 694-699, 2021 04.
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| ID: mdl-32970229
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a severe, progressive and irreversible lung disease constantly associated with a major vascular remodeling process. Endothelial colony-forming cells (ECFCs) are human vasculogenic cells proposed as a cell therapy product or liquid biopsy in vascular disorders. Since the link between IPF and thrombosis has been largely proposed, the aim of our study was to explore hypercoagulability states in ECFCs from patients with IPF. We performed Thrombin generation assay (TGA) in cord blood (CB)-ECFCs, peripheral blood (PB)-ECFCs and IPF-ECFCs. Endogenous thrombin potential and peak were higher in IPF-ECFCs compared to CB-ECFCs and PB-ECFCs. As thrombin generation in ECFCs was increased, we evaluated anticoagulant proteins expressed on ECFCs membrane and identified thrombomodulin and EPCR. We found a significant decrease of both anticoagulant proteins at membrane using flow cytometry. This study is the first to examine ECFC thrombin generation in IPF. This new finding strongly argues for a role of ECFC in IPF pathophysiology and thrombotic related disorders in IPF. Graphical Abstract.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Células Madre
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Células Endoteliales
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Fibrosis Pulmonar Idiopática
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Stem Cell Rev Rep
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Francia
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos