Clinical Significance of Detecting Tissue Factor and Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor in Thalassemia Patients

Abstract

To investigate the changes of E-selectin, thrombin-antithrombin complex（TAT）, prothrombin fragment 1+2（F1+2）, tissue factor（TF）and tissue factor pathway inhibitor（TFPI）before and one year after splenectomy in thalassemia patients. A total of 30 thalassemia patients undergoing electric laparoscopic splenectomy and 30 normal controls（NC） were enrolled in the study．Plasma levels of E-selectin, TAT, F1+2, TF and TFPI were detected by enzyme-linked immuno sorbent assay（ELISA）. One year after splenectomy，the plasma concentrations of E-selectin, TAT, F1+2, TF, TFPI were significantly higher than those in both preoperative and NC groups．Levels of E-selectin, TAT, F1+2 before splenectomy were significantly higher than those in NC groups. In addition, there was a positive correlation between plasma TF and TFPI level before and after splenectomy, and the levels of TF and TFPI positively correlated with TAT and F1+2, respectively. After splenectomy, the platelet count increases, the activity of endothelial cells is injured, the procoagulant factor increases, the blood is in procoagulant state, the TF/TFPI shows an importent role in the thrombosis of thalassemia patieints after splenectomy and may be used to evaluate the prothrombotic state of this diasease.