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Pleiotropic effects of direct oral anticoagulants on the coagulation-inflammation-endothelium axis: A phenotype-stratified narrative review.
Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie - 1 Sept 2026
Wołowiec Łukasz, Wesołowska Weronika, Skibicka Katarzyna, Jaśniak Albert, Banach Joanna, Osiak Joanna, Wołowiec Anna, Skibicki Tomasz, Grześk Grzegorz
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) - dabigatran (a thrombin inhibitor) and rivaroxaban, apixaban, and edoxaban (factor Xa [FXa] inhibitors) - modify oxidative stress, endothelial inflammation, and barrier integrity beyond anticoagulation. We ask whether this reflects distinct pharmacology or silencing of proteases at protease-activated receptors (PARs), and propose a three-condition framework for when it...
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