Anti-platelet factor 4/polyanion antibodies mediate a new mechanism of autoimmunity

Antibodies against the platelet factor 4 (PF4) support bacterial host defence but in some cases may lead to heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT). Nguyenet al.show that in autoimmune HIT a subset of antibodies binds strongly to PF4 causing its conformational change that leads to association of non-...

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Main Authors: Thi-Huong Nguyen, Nikolay Medvedev, Mihaela Delcea, Andreas Greinacher
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/7db93bca16bf4fa1820e09bfd6b94d15
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