title: Platelets' glycoproteins and their ligands in patients with intermittent claudication.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Platelet thrombi play critical role in pathogenesis of cardiovascular complications in atherosclerotic peripheral arterial disease (PAOD). The aim of this study was to evaluate the concentration of platelets GP IIb/IIIa, GP I b/IX and plasma levels of their ligands (fibrinogen and vWF) and their relation to other atherosclerotic risk factors in the patients with intermittent claudication secondary to PAOD.
  
  
  METHODS
  Consecutive patients of the University Vascular Clinic were studied: 64 claudicants and 38 controls were enrolled. The concentration of platelets GPII b/IIIa and GP Ib/IX was estimated by ELISA method using monoclonal antibody against GPII b/IIIa (CD41a) and GPI b/IX (CD42a Immunotech). Plasma levels of vWF, fibrinogen, and platelets were measured by routine
  
  
  METHODS
  
  
  
  RESULTS
  Plasma vWF (145+/-41%), fibrinogen (3.8+/-1 g/l) and platelet concentration of GP Ib/IX (121.1+/-23.39), GPIIb/IIIa (117.9 6 +/-32.7%), as well as plasma lipids and uric acid were statistically higher in claudicants than in controls (vWF: 103+/-42%, fibrinogen: 2.9+/-0.5 g/l, GP Ib/IX: 100+/-16.9%, GP IIb/IIIa: 100+/-29.4%). We have observed statistically higher concentration of GP IIb/IIIa and GP Ib/IX in smoking patients than in non-smoking patients with PAOD and significant correlation between the concentration of GP Ib/IX and GP IIb/IIIa and plasma fibrinogen in patients with PAOD and controls.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results demonstrate higher platelet concentration of GP Ib/IX,GP IIb/IIIa and elevated plasma levels of ligands for platelets receptors-fibrinogen and vWF in patients with PAOD. This prothrombotic conditions may explain increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in this patient's group.
authors.affiliation: Department and Clinic of Angiology, Hypertension and Diabetology, Wroclaw Medical University Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gosk-Bierska
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Adamiec
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szuba
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000097:blood*; D008024:Ligands; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012907:Smoking / Q000097:blood; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood; D014841:von Willebrand Factor / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D008024:Ligands; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins; D014280:Triglycerides; D014841:von Willebrand Factor; D014527:Uric Acid; D005340:Fibrinogen