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TTP, as with other [[microangiopathic hemolytic anemia]]s (MAHAs), is caused by a spontaneous [[aggregation]] of [[platelet]]s and activation of [[coagulation]] in the small [[blood vessel]]s. When stimulated, endothelial cells secrete the ultra-large VWF multimers in long strips that remain anchored to the cell membrane.  The long VWF multimeric strings are EXTREMELY "sticky" to the glycoprotein Iba components of platelet GPIb-IX-V surface receptors.  The initial adherence of platelets via the GPIb receptors to the long VWF strings and the subsequent coherence of additional platelets to each other (aggregation) via activated GPIIb/IIIa receptors produces potentially occlusive platelet thrombi.  Platelets are consumed in the coagulation process, and bind [[fibrin]], the end product of the coagulation pathway. These platelet-fibrin complexes form microthrombi which circulate in the vasculature and cause shearing of [[red blood cell]]s, resulting in [[hemolysis]].
TTP, as with other [[microangiopathic hemolytic anemia]]s (MAHAs), is caused by a spontaneous [[aggregation]] of [[platelet]]s and activation of [[coagulation]] in the small [[blood vessel]]s. When stimulated, endothelial cells secrete the ultra-large VWF multimers in long strips that remain anchored to the cell membrane.  The long VWF multimeric strings are EXTREMELY "sticky" to the glycoprotein Iba components of platelet GPIb-IX-V surface receptors.  The initial adherence of platelets via the GPIb receptors to the long VWF strings and the subsequent coherence of additional platelets to each other (aggregation) via activated GPIIb/IIIa receptors produces potentially occlusive platelet thrombi.  Platelets are consumed in the coagulation process, and bind [[fibrin]], the end product of the coagulation pathway. These platelet-fibrin complexes form microthrombi which circulate in the vasculature and cause shearing of [[red blood cell]]s, resulting in [[hemolysis]].


Roughly, there are two forms of TTP: ''idiopathic'' and ''secondary'' TTP. A special case is the inherited deficiency of ADAMTS13, known as the ''Upshaw-Schulman syndrome''.
The differential diagnosis of TTP includes hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS; which has neurosymptoms, renal failure, hypertension and fever).  Note that ADAMTS13 activity is normal in HUS. 
===Idiopathic TTP===
The ''[[idiopathic]]'' form of TTP was recently linked to the inhibition of the [[enzyme]] ADAMTS13 by [[antibody|antibodies]], rendering TTP as an [[autoimmune disease]]. [[von Willebrand factor]] (vWF) is a protein that links platelets, [[blood clot]]s, and the blood vessel wall in the process of blood [[coagulation]]. ADAMTS13 is a proteinase responsible for the breakdown of VWF; very large VWF molecules are prone to coagulation.  Without proper cleavage of VWF by ADAMTS13, these unusually large VWF cause coagulation at a higher rate, especially in the part of the circulatory system where VWF is most active due to high shear stress - in the microvascualture, thereby causing thrombi. 
In idiopathic TTP, severely decreased (<5% of normal) ADAMTS13 activity can be detected in most (80%) patients, and inhibitors are often found in this subgroup (44-56%).  The relationship of reduced [[ADAMTS13]]  to the pathogenesis of TTP is known as the Furlan-Tsai hypothesis, after the two independent researchers who published their research in the same issue of the [[New England Journal of Medicine]] in 1998.<ref name="pmid9828253">{{cite journal |author=Moake JL |title=Moschcowitz, multimers, and metalloprotease |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=339 |issue=22 |pages=1629–31 |year=1998 |pmid=9828253 |doi=}}</ref><ref name="pmid9828245">{{cite journal |author=Furlan M, Robles R, Galbusera M, ''et al'' |title=von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and the hemolytic-uremic syndrome |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=339 |issue=22 |pages=1578–84 |year=1998 |pmid=9828245 |doi=}}</ref><ref name="pmid9828246">{{cite journal |author=Tsai HM, Lian EC |title=Antibodies to von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease in acute thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=339 |issue=22 |pages=1585–94 |year=1998 |pmid=9828246 |doi=}}</ref>  This theory is seen as insufficient to explain the etiology of TTP, since many patients with a hereditary lack of [[ADAMTS13]] activity do not manifest clinical symptoms of TTP.
Congenital or acquired ADAMTS13 deficiency causes TTP; acute TTP in adults is usually due to an acquired atuoantibody to ADAMTS13. However, as stated before, cases of plasma exchange-responsive acute TTP have been reported in patients who have no evidence of an autoantibody to ADAMTS13 and patients with congenital ADAMTS13 deficiency may not manifest TTP until adulthood.  Autoantibodies against ADAMTS13 present in a majority of patients with idiopathic TTP and, additionally, ticlopidine and clopidogrel associated TTP.  Severe deficiency of ADAMTS13 activity (<5%) is a specific feature of TTP.  Normal levels of ADAMTS13 do NOT rule out the diagnosis of TTP.  Normally there is only a slight increase in D-dimers, FDP and thrombin-antithrombin complexes in acute TTP.  Secondary DIC may arise due to prolonged tissue ischemia and is an ominous prognostic sign. 
===Secondary TTP===
''Secondary TTP'' is diagnosed when the patient's history mentions one of the known features associated with TTP. It comprises about 40% of all cases of TTP. Predisposing factors are:
* [[Cancer]]
* [[Bone marrow transplantation]]; (TBI is a risk factor). 
* [[Pregnancy]]; rare.
* [[Medication]] use:
** Platelet aggregation inhibitors ([[ticlopidine]] and [[clopidogrel]])
** Immunosuppressants ([[cyclosporine]], [[mitomycin]], [[tacrolimus]]/FK506, [[interferon|interferon-α]])
* [[HIV-1]] infection
The mechanism of ''secondary'' TTP is poorly understood, as ADAMTS13 activity is generally not as depressed as in idiopathic TTP, and inhibitors cannot be detected. The probable etiology may involve, at least in some cases, endothelial damage.
A small fraction of patients treated for arterial thrombosis with the platelet P2Y12 adenosine diphosphate receptor inhibiting thienopyridine drugs ticopidine (Ticlid) or clopidogrel (Plavix) develop TTP within a few weeks after the initiation of treatment.  Autoantibodies that inhibit plasma ADAMTS13 have been demonstrated in a few patients with Ticlid-associated or Plavix-associated TTP, indicating a possible immune dysregulation induced by these similar thienpyridine compounds.  Ticlodipine-associated TTP may respond to drug withdrawal and plasma exchange whereas TTP-like syndromes occuring after transplantation (often in associated with cyclosporine or FK506) are less likely to be responsive to plasma exchange treatment. 
===Upshaw-Schulman syndrome===
A hereditary form of TTP is called the ''Upshaw-Schulman syndrome''; this is generally due to inherited deficiency of ADAMTS13 (frameshift and point mutations). Patients with this inherited ADAMTS13 deficiency have a surprisingly mild phenotype, but develop TTP in clinical situations with increased [[von Willebrand factor]] levels, e.g. infection. Reportedly, 5-10% of all TTP cases are due to Upshaw-Schulman syndrome.
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ADAMTS13 is a zinc-requiring and calcium-requiring 190,000 Dalton glycosylated protein that is encoded on chromosome 9q34. It is a disintegrin and a metalloprotease with 8 thrombospondin 1-like domains composed of an aminoterminal metalloprotease followed by a disintegrin domain; a thrombospondin 1-like domain; a cysteine-rich domain and an adjacent spacer portion; seven additional thrombospondin 1-like domains and 2 other different types of domains that resemble each other at the carboxyl-terminal end of the molecule. It cleaves a tyrosine 1605-1606 methionine peptide bond of VWF. This protease is #13 in a family of 19 distinct ADAMTS-type metalloprotease enzymes. It is produced predominantly in endothelial cells for slow, constitutive release into the circulation. Endothelial cells can be stimulated to secrete long VWF strings by inflammatory cytokines (TNF, IL8 & IL6, shiga toxins or estrogen). ADAMTS13 is inhibited by EDTA and therefore functional assays of the enzyme are usually performed using plasma anticoagulated with citrate (a weaker divalent cation binder than EDTA).

TTP, as with other microangiopathic hemolytic anemias (MAHAs), is caused by a spontaneous aggregation of platelets and activation of coagulation in the small blood vessels. When stimulated, endothelial cells secrete the ultra-large VWF multimers in long strips that remain anchored to the cell membrane. The long VWF multimeric strings are EXTREMELY "sticky" to the glycoprotein Iba components of platelet GPIb-IX-V surface receptors. The initial adherence of platelets via the GPIb receptors to the long VWF strings and the subsequent coherence of additional platelets to each other (aggregation) via activated GPIIb/IIIa receptors produces potentially occlusive platelet thrombi. Platelets are consumed in the coagulation process, and bind fibrin, the end product of the coagulation pathway. These platelet-fibrin complexes form microthrombi which circulate in the vasculature and cause shearing of red blood cells, resulting in hemolysis.

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