Product name:Rat von Willebrand Factor,vWF ELISA Kit
Description:
Von Willebrand factor is a blood glycoprotein involved in coagulation. It is deficient or defective in von Willebrand disease and is involved in a large number of other diseases, including thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, Heyde s syndrome, and possibly hemolytic-uremic syndrome.vWF is a large multimeric glycoprotein present in blood plasma and produced constitutively in endothelium (in the Weibel-Palade bodies), megakaryocytes (α-granules of platelets), and subendothelial connective tissue.Its primary function is binding to other proteins, particularly Factor VIII and it is important in platelet adhesion to wound sites.
vWF appears to play a major role blood coagulation, and vWF deficiency or dysfunction (von Willebrand disease) therefore leads to a bleeding tendency, which is most apparent in tissues having high blood flow shear in narrow vessels.