Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine Faculty Publications

The scavenger receptor SCARA5 is an endocytic receptor for von Willebrand factor expressed by littoral cells in the human spleen

Swystun, Laura L.; Ogiwara, Kenichi; Lai, Jesse D.; Ojala, Juha R. M.; Rawley, Orla; Lassalle, Fanny; Notley, Colleen; Rengby, Olle; Michels, Alison; Nesbitt, Kate; Tryggvason, Karl; Lillicrap, David (Wiley, 2019-05-24)

Background Scavenger receptors play a significant role in clearing aged proteins from the plasma, including the large glycoprotein coagulation factors von Willebrand factor (VWF) and factor VIII (FVIII). A large genome-wide ...
The endothelial lectin clearance receptor CLEC4M binds and internalizes factor VIII in a VWF-dependent and independent manner

Swystun, Laura L.; Notley, Colleen; Georgescu, Ilinca; Lai, Jesse D.; Nesbitt, Kate; James, Paula D.; Lillicrap, David (2019-02-11)

Essentials CLEC4M is an endocytic receptor for factor FVIII. CLEC4M interacts with FVIII in a VWF-dependent and independent manner. CLEC4M binds to mannose-containing glycans on FVIII. CLEC4M internalization of FVIII ...