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Misfolding of vWF to pathologically disordered conformations impacts the severity of von Willebrand disease.
Biophysical journal - 2 Sept 2014
Tischer Alexander, Madde Pranathi, Moon-Tasson Laurie, Auton Matthew
Abstract excerpt
The primary hemostatic von Willebrand factor (vWF) functions to sequester platelets from rheological blood flow and mediates their adhesion to damaged subendothelium at sites of vascular injury. We have surveyed the effect of 16 disease-causing mutations identified in patients diagnosed with the bleeding diathesis disorder, von Willebrand disease (vWD), on the structure and rheology of vWF A1 domain adhesiveness...
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