VWF, von Willebrand factor, 7450

N. diseases: 498; N. variants: 158
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a disorder with characteristic von Willebrand factor (VWF)-rich microthrombi affecting the arterioles and capillaries of multiple organs. 20058209 2010
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Recent studies have found autoimmune inhibitors or genetic mutations of a von Willebrand factor (VWF) cleaving metalloprotease ADAMTS13 in patients with TTP. 16760911 2006
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The congenital or acquired deficiency of the von Willebrand factor (VWF) cleaving protease, ADAMTS-13 has been specifically associated with a diagnosis of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), a microangiopathy characterized by the formation of occlusive platelet thrombi. 15521921 2004
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Hereditary thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura is caused by mutations in a disintegrin and metalloprotease with thrombospondin motifs (ADAMTS13) resulting in defective processing of von Willebrand factor (VWF) that causes intravascular platelet aggregation culminating in thrombocytopenia with shistocytic anemia. 19786614 2009
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Finally, (4) studies of patients with primary disorders of excess or deficiency of function in the vWF axis (e.g. thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and von Willebrand disease, respectively) which demonstrate the crucial role of vWF in atherothrombosis. 29847840 2018
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Furthermore, mice expressing the murine VWF/p.S1494C-p.A1534C mutant present with symptoms characteristics of acute TTP such as thrombocytopenia, red cell shredding, accumulation of VWF-rich thrombi in the microvasculature, and advanced TTP symptoms such as renal dysfunction and splenomegaly. 24713928 2014
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Severe deficiency of the von Willebrand factor (VWF)-cleaving protease ADAMTS13 can lead to thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), a disease associated with the widespread formation of platelet-rich thrombi in many organs. 14976043 2004
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Recent studies have demonstrated that thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), a serious thrombotic disorder affecting the arterioles and capillaries of multiple organs, is caused by a profound deficiency in the von Willebrand factor cleaving metalloprotease, ADAMTS13. 19180123 2009
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Plasma from patients with classic or BMT-associated TTP was incubated with recombinant vWF R834Q, a vWF mutant with enhanced sensitivity to the protease. 10339486 1999
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In the present review, we focus on aptamers as potential therapeutics for hematological diseases, including anemia of chronic inflammation (ACI) and anemia of chronic disease (ACD), hemophilia, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) or VWD type-2B, and sickle cell disease (SCD), in particular, those that have entered into clinical trials. 28969551 2019
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our results demonstrate that residues within Y658-Y665 of the ADAMTS13 spacer domain that are targeted by autoantibodies in TTP directly interact with a complementary exosite (E1660-R1668) within the VWF A2 domain. 20032502 2010
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Deficiency of a recently identified novel metalloprotease, the von Willebrand factor (vWF)-cleaving protease, originating from mutations in the ADAMTS13 gene plays a major role in the development of TTP. 12753286 2003
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We report the results of 10 years of prophylactic fresh-frozen plasma (FFP) infusion therapy in a 14-year-old girl with chronic relapsing thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), in whom a severe congenital von Willebrand factor (VWF)-cleaving protease deficiency has been documented. 11380451 2001
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The moderate activity of ADAMTS-13-P475S for shear-treated VWF is sufficient to prevent thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) onset. 23621748 2013
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), unusually large multimers of von Willebrand factor (VWF) circulate in the plasma. 14727257 2004
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is often associated with acquired or congenital deficiency of the von Willebrand factor-cleaving metalloprotease, ADMATS13 (Lammle B et al., J Thromb Haemost 2005;3:1663-1675; Schneppenheim et al., Blood 2003;101:1845-1850). 18756543 2008
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Histone-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in adamts13-/- zebrafish depends on von Willebrand factor. 31753928 2019
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE The presence of unusually large multimers of von Willebrand factor (VWF) is thought to be a major pathogenic factor for thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). 15662617 2005
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE We conducted this study to examine if vWF is involved in the increased platelet retention in TTP. 9423794 1997
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Severely deficient activity of the von Willebrand Factor (VWF) cleaving metalloprotease, ADAMTS13, is associated with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). 16807643 2006
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Force-regulated cleavage of A2 domain of von Willebrand factor (vWF) by ADAMTS13 is a key event in preventing thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). 29636514 2018
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is associated with congenital and acquired deficiency of ADAMTS-13, a metalloprotease that cleaves von Willebrand factor (VWF) and reduces its adhesive activity. 16796708 2006
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE The identification of antibodies against a plasma metalloproteinase responsible for cleaving ultralarge von Willebrand factor multimers in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura has been followed by the elucidation of the identity of the proteinase. 12105394 2002
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE <i>N</i>-acetylcysteine (NAC), an FDA-approved anti-mucolytic agent, is a possible new treatment strategy for TTP, as it was demonstrated to reduce disulfide bonds in VWF, thereby decreasing VWF multimers size and hence their prothrombotic potential. 28011677 2017
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Severe deficiency of von Willebrand factor (VWF)-cleaving protease (ADAMTS-13) activity (<5% of normal) is a specific finding for acute idiopathic thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), a disorder that presents as thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, and often organ dysfunction such as neurological disturbances or renal failure, and fever. 14727262 2004