title: Increase in plasma thrombomodulin and decrease in plasma von Willebrand factor after regular radiotherapy of patients with cancer.
abstract: In this study, we investigated plasma levels of thrombomodulin (TM) and von Willebrand factor (vWF) in 51 patients suffering from cancer or tumor undergoing 60 cobalt radiotherapy. Plasma TM and vWF antigen were measured by immunoradiometric assay and ELISA, respectively. During radiotherapy, an increase in plasma TM in patients was observed, which was radiation-dose dependent and there was a positive correlation between plasma TM level and radiation doses. However, the level of plasma vWF in the patients was decreased during radiotherapy and there was an inverse correlation between the amount of plasma vWF and radiation doses. Our data indicate that plasma TM is an useful molecular marker for early detection of radiation injury to endothelial cells in patients undergoing radiotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Insititute of Haematology, Suzhou Medical College, China.
authors.forename: Q S
authors.initials: QS
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: D Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Ruan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015592:Immunoradiometric Assay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D018179:Receptors, Thrombin; D013917:Thrombin / Q000378:metabolism*; D014841:von Willebrand Factor / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D018179:Receptors, Thrombin; D014841:von Willebrand Factor; D013917:Thrombin