What is IX factor?
Factor IX is a molecule that plays a role in the blood coagulation system. When a person loses blood from the cut, the body sets a special system in action. This includes different molecules signaling together and tells other substances to block the source of bleeding and prevent further blood loss. People without an effective IX factor cannot produce normal clots and can suffer from uncontrolled bleeding.
Blood coagulation is happening because many different molecules and cells cooperate on coagulation or clot freely flowing blood in the affected area. Many of the molecules that operate in this system are known as blood coagulation factors and the IX factor is just one of them. It is an enzyme, which means that the reaction is helping, and it also helps the substances to adjust to other substances.
The origin of the IX factor is in the liver cells. Here, the molecule is produced in early form and other molecules and enzymes such as vitamin K, to change it into a form suitable for blood circulation. After the liver sends a fakTor IX in the blood, has a half -life molecule for about one day, which means that half of the new IXS factor is degraded within 24 hours.
Only when one begins to bleed, the process of blood clotting begins. The body signals activate other factors in the system that in turn activate the IX factor. The exact molecules that turn on the factor are activated by the VII and the XI factor. When these molecules work on the IX factor to tell him to start their own work in the process, the result is that the IX factor then turns on the activity of another factor called X.
All these factors are essential for normal blood clotting and the absence of one factor means that the body will not cease to bleed. The gene that encodes this particular factor is on the X chromosome, which helps dictate cladding. Women have two chromosomes X and men have one x and one y.
When a mutated form of a gene is present on the chromosome, it may cause a condition called hemeOfficial B. Usually one normal gene can replace a mutated gene, which is why men suffer from illness and women usually not. Treatment of disorder requires a person to undergo artificial factor preparation to replace the missing substance and prevent the risks of uncontrolled bleeding.