Structural Characterization of a Clinically Described Heparin-Like Substance in Plasma Causing Bleeding T
Carbohydrate Polymers 244 (2020) 116443 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Carbohydrate Polymers journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/carbpol Structural characterization of a clinically described heparin-like substance in plasma causing bleeding T Yanlei Yua, Karen Bruzdoskib, Vadim Kostousovb, Lisa Henschb, Shiu-ki Huib, Fakiha Siddiquic, Amber Farooquic, Ahmed Koutac, Fuming Zhangd, Jawed Fareedc, Jun Teruyab, Robert J. Linhardta,d,e,f,* a Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 12180, USA b Division of Transfusion Medicine & Coagulation, Department of Pathology & Immunology, Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA c Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, 60153, USA d Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 12180, USA e Department of Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 12180, USA f Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 12180, USA ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Keywords: Heparin-like substances (HLS) have been described in various clinical situations, including in settings of liver Heparin-like substance disease associated with infection, transplant, and metastasis. HLS are generally attributed to circulating glyco- Heparan sulfate saminoglycans. Initial results for this patient showed coagulopathy due to liver disease without HLS. Two weeks Bleeding after liver transplantation, a 10 year-old female with liver failure patient began to bleed from catheter insertion Liver failure sites, mouth, and nares and HLS was suspected. The patient subsequently died and these clinical samples resulted in the isolation of a single heparan sulfate (HS) present at high concentrations in the plasma.
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