VWF, von Willebrand factor, 7450

N. diseases: 498; N. variants: 158
Disease: Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic ×
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0034155
Disease: Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic 		0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE In some variants of type 2A vWF, the cleavage site in the vWF subunit is more susceptible to proteolytic degradation than in normal vWF, whereas in patients with TTP or HUS the protease activity may be suppressed. vWF-degrading protease plays an important role in pathogenesis of congenital or acquired disorders of hemostasis and thrombosis. 8767102 1996
CUI: C0034155
Disease: Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
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
CUI: C0034155
Disease: Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic 		0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Our data suggest that the unusually large vWF multimers found in TTP patients may be caused by deficient vWF-cleaving protease activity. 9129011 1997
CUI: C0034155
Disease: Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
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
CUI: C0034155
Disease: Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic 		0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Assay of von Willebrand factor (vWF)-cleaving protease based on decreased collagen binding affinity of degraded vWF: a tool for the diagnosis of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) 10595623 1999
CUI: C0034155
Disease: Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic 		0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Increased fragmentation of von Willebrand factor, due to abnormal cleavage of the subunit, parallels disease activity in recurrent hemolytic uremic syndrome and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and discloses predisposition in families. The Italian Registry of Familial and Recurrent HUS/TTP. 10397728 1999
CUI: C0034155
Disease: Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic 		0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Proteolysis of the blood-clotting protein von Willebrand factor (VWF) observed in normal plasma is decreased in TTP patients. 11586351 2001
CUI: C0034155
Disease: Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
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
CUI: C0034155
Disease: Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
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
CUI: C0034155
Disease: Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic 		0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Deficient von Willebrand factor (VWF) degradation has been associated with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). 12393399 2002
CUI: C0034155
Disease: Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic 		0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Recent studies on the relationship between UL-vWFMs and vWF-CPase, together with its autoantibody (inhibitor) have brought about a clear discrimination between thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and hemolytic uremic syndrome. 11843286 2002
CUI: C0034155
Disease: Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic 		0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Recent advances now suggest that deficiency of a specific von Willebrand factor (VWF) cleaving protease promotes tissue injury in TTP. 12172456 2002
CUI: C0034155
Disease: Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic 		0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE These findings support the view that vWF proteolysis is critical in regulating vWF-platelet interaction and set the stage for improving the diagnosis and treatment of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. 12395148 2002
CUI: C0034155
Disease: Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic 		0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE This observation led to the recognition that UL vWF multimers precipitate the thrombotic occlusion of arterioles, a feature that characterizes TTP. 12656756 2003
CUI: C0034155
Disease: Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic 		0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is caused by the persistence of the highly reactive high-molecular-weight multimers of von Willebrand factor (VWF) due to deficiency of the specific VWF-cleaving protease (VWF-CP) ADAMTS13, resulting in microangiopathic disease. 12393505 2003
CUI: C0034155
Disease: Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic 		0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE The metalloprotease ADAMTS-13 cleaves von Willebrand factor (VWF), and is absent or severely reduced in the plasma of patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura (TTP). 14652658 2003
CUI: C0034155
Disease: Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic 		0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Deficiency of von Willebrand factor (VWF) cleaving protease ADAMTS13 is associated with the development of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). 12576319 2003
CUI: C0034155
Disease: Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
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
CUI: C0034155
Disease: Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic 		0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE This article reviews the role of this cleavage in regulating vWF-platelet interaction and proposes a scheme for understanding how a deficiency of ADAMTS13 results in the development of microthrombi in patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. 12615692 2003
CUI: C0034155
Disease: Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
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
CUI: C0034155
Disease: Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic 		0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Recent studies demonstrate that assay of ADAMTS13, a circulating zinc metalloprotease that cleaves von Willebrand factor (VWF) at the Y1605-M1606 bond, is an important tool in the diagnosis of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). 15045144 2004
CUI: C0034155
Disease: Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
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
CUI: C0034155
Disease: Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic 		0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Failure to degrade "unusually large" (UL) von Willebrand factor (VWF) multimers as they are secreted from endothelial cells probably causes most cases of familial TTP, acquired idiopathic TTP, thienopyridine-related TTP, and pregnancy-associated TTP. 14727254 2004
CUI: C0034155
Disease: Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic 		0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Deficiency of von Willebrand factor (VWF) cleaving protease ADAMTS13 has been demonstrated to be the proximate cause of a subset of thrombotic microangiopathic haemolytic anaemias (MAHA) typical for thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). 15009067 2004
CUI: C0034155
Disease: Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic 		0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Severe deficiency of the von Willebrand Factor (VWF)-cleaving proteinase, ADAMTS13, is associated with the development of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). 14512317 2004