A. Pannocchia et al., MOLECULAR CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN PLASMA, PLATELET AND VASCULAR CELLPAI-1 - COMPARISON BETWEEN NORMAL AND THROMBOCYTEMIC SUBJECTS, Fibrinolysis, 8, 1994, pp. 28-30
The recovery and stability of human platelet and plasma PAI activity i
n 15 thrombocytemic patients and 15 controls was studied. In patients
plasma PAI-1 is present at higher concentrations but in a less stable
form. A defective stabilization of the molecule could be responsible f
or the quick inactivation of PAT-I observed in thrombocytemic patients
.