title: Survival advantage of coagulation factor XI-deficient mice during peritoneal sepsis.
abstract: Anticoagulation is a rational approach to the treatment of sepsis-associated consumptive coagulopathy, but its application is limited because of the risk of excessive bleeding. Factor XI (FXI) contributes substantially to pathological blood coagulation (thrombosis), whereas it contributes only modestly to normal hemostasis. We found that FXI-deficient mice have reduced coagulopathy and increased survival relative to FXI-expressing wild-type mice during cecal ligation and puncture-induced acute peritonitis/sepsis. This finding suggests that FXI contributes to coagulopathy and/or inflammation during sepsis and that pharmacologic inhibition of FXI activity may alter the course and outcome of some infections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA.
authors.forename: Erik I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Tucker
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gailani
authors.forename: Sawan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hurst
authors.forename: Qiufang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Hanson
authors.forename: András
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gruber
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001777:Blood Coagulation; D002432:Cecum / Q000382:microbiology; D005172:Factor XI / Q000502:physiology; D005173:Factor XI Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D007249:Inflammation / Q000150:complications; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality; D011677:Punctures; D012016:Reference Values; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality; D017741:Survivors
chemical_list: D005172:Factor XI