title: Response to letter regarding article, "plasmin cleavage of von willebrand factor as an emergency bypass for ADAMTS13 deficiency in thrombotic microangiopathy".
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Haematology, Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tersteeg
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Haematology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Maat
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Thrombosis Research, IRF Life Sciences, KU Leuven Kulak, Kortrijk, Belgium.
authors.forename: Simon F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: De Meyer
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Haematology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Michel W J
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Smeets
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Haematology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Arjan D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Barendrecht
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Haematology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roest
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Gerard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pasterkamp
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Haematology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Rob
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fijnheer
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Thrombosis Research, IRF Life Sciences, KU Leuven Kulak, Kortrijk, Belgium.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vanhoorelbeke
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Haematology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Philip G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: de Groot
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Haematology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Coen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maas
mesh_terms: D051722:ADAM Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D005341:Fibrinolysin / Q000378:metabolism*; D005342:Fibrinolysis / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D057049:Thrombotic Microangiopathies / Q000378:metabolism*; D014841:von Willebrand Factor / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014841:von Willebrand Factor; D005341:Fibrinolysin; D051722:ADAM Proteins