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Thrombomodulin and induced tissue factor expression on monocytes as markers of diabetic microangiopathy: A prospective study on hemostasis and lipoproteins in insulin‐dependent diabetes mellitus
Author(s) -
Reverter Jordi L.,
Reverter Joan C.,
Tàssies Dolors,
Rius Ferran,
Monteagudo Joan,
RubiésPrat Joan,
Escolar Ginés,
Ordinas Antoni,
Sanmartí Anna
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
american journal of hematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.456
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1096-8652
pISSN - 0361-8609
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1096-8652(199710)56:2<93::aid-ajh4>3.0.co;2-w
Subject(s) - microangiopathy , medicine , thrombomodulin , tissue factor , diabetes mellitus , hemostasis , diabetic angiopathy , endocrinology , immunology , coagulation , thrombin , platelet
Vascular complications are the main cause of morbidity in diabetes mellitus. To evaluate lipoprotein and hemostatic parameters and their relationship with clinically detectable microangiopathy, we studied 58 insulin‐dependent diabetes mellitus patients and 60 controls matched for age, sex, and body mass index. Thirteen patients presented clinically detectable microangiopathy (8 retinopathy and 5 both retinopathy and microalbuminuria). A cross‐sectional study of lipid profile, coagulation parameters, and a flow‐cytometric evaluation of tissue factor expression in normal monocytes induced by patient plasma were performed. Patients were re‐evaluated for microangiopathy in a 3‐year median follow‐up. Patients showed triglyceride enrichment in low ( P = 0.00002) and high density lipoproteins ( P = 0.004) and increased levels of D‐dimer ( P < 0.00001), prothrombin fragment 1 + 2 ( P < 0.00001), and thrombin‐antithrombin III complex ( P = 0.0001). Patients with clinically detectable microangiopathy had increased type 1 plasminogen activator inhibitor ( P = 0.00001), thrombomodulin ( P = 0.02), and induced monocyte tissue factor expression ( P < 0.00001). Nine patients developed clinically detectable microangiopathy in the follow‐up and the only predictive variable was increased induced tissue factor expression. In conclusion, in these patients elevated thrombin and fibrin generation reflects a hypercoagulable state but clinically detectable microangiopathy seems related to endothelial cell injury markers and to increased induced tissue factor expression on monocytes. Am. J. Hematol. 56:93–99, 1997. © 1997 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.