title: Tissue plasminogen activator, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 and von Willebrand factor in rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) and von Willebrand factor (vWF), all of endothelial origin and active in the haemostasis, were analysed in 74 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The concentrations were related to extra-articular disease and to the incidence of thromboembolic events (TE) registered in a 2-year follow-up period. Patients with extra-articular disease had a significant increase in PAI-1 activity and reduced tPA release in the venous occlusion test. von Willebrand factor, PAI-1 and also haptoglobin and triglycerides were significantly increased in the group of patients who later suffered from TE. In a multiple regression model, in which cholesterol, triglycerides and lipoprotein (a) showed significant association with TE, vWF had the strongest additive explanatory value. No distinct acute phase pattern of PAI-1 was found in any patient subgroup.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wållberg-Jonsson
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Dahlén
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rånby
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rantapää-Dahlqvist
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017395:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 / Q000097:blood*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000097:blood*; D014841:von Willebrand Factor / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D017395:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1; D014841:von Willebrand Factor; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator