Anti-coagulant aptamers

Thromb Res. 2008;122(6):838-47. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2007.10.022. Epub 2007 Dec 4.

Abstract

In the past decade development of aptamer technology is poised into several fields with various clinical applications. With this progress, aptamer based anti-coagulant agents are evolved and continuing their applications with clinical trials. At present several anti-coagulant aptamers are available against different proteins from blood coagulation cascade. In this review, the mechanism and functions of anti-coagulant aptamers, as an alternate candidate to other available anti-coagulant agents are discussed.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anticoagulants / pharmacology*
  • Antithrombins / pharmacology
  • Aptamers, Nucleotide / pharmacology*
  • Blood Coagulation / drug effects
  • Factor IX / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Factor VIIa / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Humans
  • Protein C Inhibitor / pharmacology
  • SELEX Aptamer Technique*

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Antithrombins
  • Aptamers, Nucleotide
  • Protein C Inhibitor
  • Factor IX
  • Factor VIIa