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Thromb Haemost 1985; 53(02): 282-284
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1661294
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Nomenclature of Secreted Platelet Proteins – Report of the Working Party on Secreted Platelet Proteins of the Subcommittee on Platelets

Karen L Kaplan
1   The Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, NY, NY, USA
,
Stefan Niewiarowski
2   The Specialized Center of Research in Thrombosis, Temple University Health Sciences Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Received 27 June 1984

Accepted 18 January 1985

Publication Date:
18 July 2018 (online)

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Summary

Standard nomenclature for a number of secreted platelet proteins was agreed upon by The Working Party on Secreted Platelet Proteins of the Subcommittee on Platelets. Platelet factor 4 will continue to be used for the molecule with high heparin affinity, subunit molecular weight of 7780, and the described amino acid sequence. β-Thromboglobulin will be used to designate β-Thromboglobulin (81 amino acids/subunit, β-mobility on cellulose-acetate electrophoresis, pI 7), low-affinity platelet factor 4 (85 amino acids/subunit, y-mobility on cellulose-acetate electrophoresis, pI 8), and platelet basic protein (94 amino acids/ subunit, pI 10) when these are measured immunologically in plasma, but that thromboglobulin with a superscript designation of the pI should be used when assays are conducted on samples after isoelectric focusing, and a subscript amino-terminal amino acid can be added when a purified protein is described. Thrombospondin will continue to be the designation for the high molecular weight trimer that has previously been called thrombospondin or glycoprotein G. Platelet derived growth factor will be used for the group of closely related proteins of molecular weight about 30,000 and isoelectric point about 10.

Keywords

Platelet factor 4 - β-Thromboglobulin - Low-affinity platelet factor 4 - Platelet basic protein - Retroperitoneal bleeding - Thrombospondin - Platelet-derived growth factor
 

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