Inherited human gp91phox deficiency is associated with impaired isoprostane formation and platelet dysfunction

  • Pignatelli, P
  • Carnevale, R
  • Di Santo, S
  • Bartimoccia, S
  • Sanguigni, V
  • Lenti, L
  • Finocchi, A
  • Mendolicchio, L
  • Soresina, A
  • Plebani, A
  • Violi, F
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Publication date
February 2011
Publisher
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins

Abstract

Platelet isoprostane 8-ISO-prostaglandin F2α (8-iso-PGF2α), a proaggregating molecule, is believed to derive from nonenzymatic oxidation of arachidonic acid. We hypothesized that NADPH is implicated in isoprostane formation and platelet activation

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