Thorax Online First, published on May 4, 2007 as 10.1136/thx.2006.069658 Elevated protein levels and altered cellular expression of factor VII-activating protease Thorax: first published as 10.1136/thx.2006.069658 on 4 May 2007. Downloaded from (FSAP) in the lungs of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) Malgorzata Wygrecka1*, Philipp Markart2*, Ludger Fink3, Andreas Guenther2, and Klaus T. Preissner1 Departments of 1Biochemistry, 2Internal Medicine, and 3Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Giessen Lung Center, Giessen, Germany Corresponding author: Malgorzata Wygrecka, PhD Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Giessen Lung Center, Friedrichstrasse 24, 35392 Giessen, Germany Phone: +49-641-99-47501 Fax: +49-641-99-47509
[email protected] http://thorax.bmj.com/ on September 27, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. Keywords: acute lung injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome, factor VII and single-chain plasminogen activator-activating protease, hemostasis, hyaluronan binding protein 2 Word count: 4040 * both authors contributed equally to the manuscript 1 Copyright Article author (or their employer) 2007. Produced by BMJ Publishing Group Ltd (& BTS) under licence. ABSTRACT Thorax: first published as 10.1136/thx.2006.069658 on 4 May 2007. Downloaded from Background: ARDS is characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma and alterations of the alveolar haemostasis with extravascular fibrin deposition. Factor VII-activating protease (FSAP) is a recently described serine protease in plasma and tissues, known to be involved in haemostasis, cell proliferation and migration. Methods: We investigated FSAP protein (western blotting/ELISA/immunohistochemistry) and activity (coagulation/fibrinolysis assays) in plasma, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluids and lung tissue of mechanically ventilated patients with early ARDS as compared to patients with cardiogenic pulmonary oedema and healthy controls.