What Is Antihemophilic Factor?

Factor VIII-related Antigen, a factor VIII antibody, is used in the diagnosis of benign and malignant tumors of vascular origin, and it is also used in the research of hereditary hemophilia.

Antihemophilic factor

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Factor VIII-related Antigen, a factor VIII antibody, is used in the diagnosis of benign and malignant tumors of vascular origin, and it is also used in the research of hereditary hemophilia.
Chinese name
Antihemophilic factor
Foreign name
Factor VIII-related Antigen
Related antigen
Glycoprotein
Function
For the diagnosis of benign and malignant tumors of vascular origin and research for hereditary hemophilia
(Also called: clotting factor VIII, anti-hemophilia factor) positively expressed on vascular endothelial cells of normal arteries, veins, capillaries and cells in the heart. It is also expressed on megakaryocytes and platelets.
Factor VIII-related antigen: It is a glycoprotein that is widely present in vascular epithelium, liver, spleen sinus epithelium, and lymphatic endothelial cells, and is a specific marker of vascular endothelial cells and their endogenous benign and malignant tumors. Mainly used for the diagnosis of angiogenic benign and malignant tumors and angiosarcoma. A few adenocarcinomas of the paratestis, uterus, and fallopian tubes are also expressed.

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