| Fibrinogen alpha/beta chain family | |||||||||
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 crystal structure of native chicken fibrinogen with two different bound ligands | |||||||||
| Identifiers | |||||||||
| Symbol | Fib_alpha | ||||||||
| Pfam | PF08702 | ||||||||
| InterPro | IPR012290 | ||||||||
| SCOP2 | 1m1j / SCOPe / SUPFAM | ||||||||
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| Fibrinogen alpha C domain | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| Symbol | Fibrinogen_aC | ||||||||
| Pfam | PF12160 | ||||||||
| InterPro | IPR021996 | ||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
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| Symbol | Fibrinogen_C | ||||||||
| Pfam | PF00147 | ||||||||
| Pfam clan | CL0422 | ||||||||
| InterPro | IPR002181 | ||||||||
| PROSITE | PDOC00445 | ||||||||
| SCOP2 | 1fza / SCOPe / SUPFAM | ||||||||
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Fibrinogen (coagulation factor I) is a glycoprotein complex, produced in the liver,[1] that circulates in the blood of all vertebrates.[2] During tissue and vascular injury, it is converted enzymatically by thrombin to fibrin and then to a fibrin-based blood clot. Fibrin clots function primarily to occlude blood vessels to stop bleeding. Fibrin also binds and reduces the activity of thrombin. This activity, sometimes referred to as antithrombin I, limits clotting.[1] Fibrin also mediates blood platelet and endothelial cell spreading, tissue fibroblast proliferation, capillary tube formation, and angiogenesis and thereby promotes revascularization and wound healing.[3]
Reduced and/or dysfunctional fibrinogens occur in various congenital and acquired human fibrinogen-related disorders. These disorders represent a group of rare conditions in which individuals may present with severe episodes of pathological bleeding and thrombosis; these conditions are treated by supplementing blood fibrinogen levels and inhibiting blood clotting, respectively.[4][5] These disorders may also be the cause of certain liver and kidney diseases.[1]
Fibrinogen is a "positive" acute-phase protein, i.e. its blood levels rise in response to systemic inflammation, tissue injury, and certain other events. It is also elevated in various cancers. Elevated levels of fibrinogen in inflammation as well as cancer and other conditions have been suggested to be the cause of thrombosis and vascular injury that accompanies these conditions.[6][7]
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- ^ Casini A, de Moerloose P, Neerman-Arbez M (June 2016). "Clinical Features and Management of Congenital Fibrinogen Deficiencies". Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis. 42 (4): 366–374. doi:10.1055/s-0036-1571339. PMID 27019462. S2CID 12038872.
- ^ Undas A (September 2011). "Acquired dysfibrinogenemia in atherosclerotic vascular disease". Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej. 121 (9): 310–319. PMID 21952526.
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- ^ Repetto O, De Re V (September 2017). "Coagulation and fibrinolysis in gastric cancer". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1404 (1): 27–48. Bibcode:2017NYASA1404...27R. doi:10.1111/nyas.13454. PMID 28833193. S2CID 10878584.