J R Soc Interface September 2016 PMID 27605168

Acute induction of anomalous and amyloidogenic blood clotting by molecular amplification of highly substoichiometric levels of bacterial lipopolysaccharide.

Etheresia Pretorius, Sthembile Mbotwe, Janette Bester, Christopher J Robinson, Douglas B Kell

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The discussions reflect strong agreement on the significance of the article, highlighted by phrases like 'microclots caused by endotoxins' and 'fibrinaloid microclots,' which underline the profound effects of bacterial components on clotting. The tone demonstrates high interest and deep engagement, especially when users reference prior research, molecular details, and potential health impacts, illustrating recognition of the study’s importance.

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Most discussions acknowledge the significance of the findings, supporting the idea that bacterial components like LPS can dramatically influence blood clot structure and disease processes.

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Posts show high interest, with many referencing the mechanisms, relevance to diseases like strokes, and potential implications for health, indicating strong curiosity.

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Comments often delve into specific details about the molecular processes, cite previous research, and discuss experimental results, demonstrating deep involvement.

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This collective discussion emphasizes that understanding LPS's role in clot formation could have profound clinical implications, potentially influencing diagnostics and treatments.

Abstract in brief

  • The study shows that tiny amounts of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) can cause significant changes in blood clot structure, turning the fibrin fibers into amyloid-rich forms associated with inflammatory and amyloid diseases.
  • LPS directly interacts with fibrinogen, leading to autocatalytic amplification of abnormal clot formation, which occurs at an astonishingly low concentration ratio (more than 10^8-fold).
  • These findings suggest that even very small bacterial presence can trigger blood hypercoagulability and contribute to various inflammatory diseases through this molecular amplification process.]

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Prof Doug Kell CBE #FBPE #FBPA
@dbkell · X

@MclartyKrysten @Be_Kinderr @resiapretorius PS - though the difference is that @resiapretorius and I established that the reason for this is the formation of a variant of fibrin that is *amyloid* in character. This explains e.g. its resistance to fibrinolysis https://t.co/T7TIzR4CdQ

Jan 1, 2022 · 9 likes · 13,817 followers View post →
ScottishVIG
@scottish_vig · X

https://t.co/vssCfi9EOY Endotoxins again- they keep popping up everywhere! Are fibrid ameloid microclots caused by endothelial damage and spike protein alone or by the existence of endotoxins in vaccines? NO-ONE is testing us for microclots - and these are highly resistent to

Dec 23, 2024 · 9 likes · 6 shares · 2,152 followers View post →
Prof Doug Kell CBE #FBPE #FBPA
@dbkell · X

@ssayssayssay @HonorUkb @resiapretorius @TurdFur58439807 @ThingsHiddenn Original LPS paper at https://t.co/T7TIzR4CdQ - rest linked via https://t.co/qWBJ2lwvhn.

Nov 3, 2022 · 6 likes · 1 share · 13,817 followers View post →
Prof Doug Kell CBE #FBPE #FBPA
@dbkell · X

@longcovidman @qkate Agree; we first showed the anomalous microclotting with bacterial LPS https://t.co/T7TIzR4CdQ and later with LTA for Gram +ves https://t.co/evB7JUnBE6

Jan 3, 2023 · 5 likes · 13,817 followers View post →
Prof Doug Kell CBE #FBPE #FBPA
@dbkell · X

@janiesaysyay @resiapretorius 2/2 though we didn't recognise the massive amplification by microbial detritus and its creation of amyloid fibrin until 2015/16 or so. https://t.co/T7TIzR4CdQ

Mar 18, 2022 · 4 likes · 1 share · 13,817 followers View post →
Prof Doug Kell CBE #FBPE #FBPA
@dbkell · X

@doctorasadkhan @shaun_qureshi @apresj20 Specifically https://t.co/T7TIzR4CdQ. For spike we only went down to 1 ng/ml https://t.co/jZZH9deTTn

Jan 21, 2022 · 3 likes · 13,817 followers View post →

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Meri Perkins
@mlperk1 · X

@SenseReceptor https://t.co/SAbZk2kYx4 The clots removed from ischaemic stroke patients by mechanical thrombectomy are amyloid in nature/2024 {from the references,dive into the unique clots}⬇️ /https://t.co/1tlBj5TG7f 2016 / https://t.co/oQWPZLpGMF Proteins behaving badly.

Apr 12, 2025 · 1,298 followers View post →
gregt
@GregTonetti · X

RT @scottish_vig: https://t.co/vssCfi9EOY Endotoxins again- they keep popping up everywhere! Are fibrid ameloid microclots caused by endot…

Dec 24, 2024 · 6 shares · 434 followers View post →
Chris Edwards
@ChrisEd16512812 · X

RT @scottish_vig: https://t.co/vssCfi9EOY Endotoxins again- they keep popping up everywhere! Are fibrid ameloid microclots caused by endot…

Dec 24, 2024 · 6 shares · 1,428 followers View post →
Dr. Augusto Germán Roux
@RouxAugusto · X

RT @scottish_vig: https://t.co/vssCfi9EOY Endotoxins again- they keep popping up everywhere! Are fibrid ameloid microclots caused by endot…

Dec 23, 2024 · 6 shares · 2,703 followers View post →
Mark Dyer
@markpaysan · X

RT @scottish_vig: https://t.co/vssCfi9EOY Endotoxins again- they keep popping up everywhere! Are fibrid ameloid microclots caused by endot…

Dec 23, 2024 · 6 shares · 3,314 followers View post →
Alison Vaccine Injured in Wales
@CraftsByAlison · X

RT @scottish_vig: https://t.co/vssCfi9EOY Endotoxins again- they keep popping up everywhere! Are fibrid ameloid microclots caused by endot…

Dec 23, 2024 · 6 shares · 2,547 followers View post →
Debi Evans
@DebiEvansMatron · X

RT @scottish_vig: https://t.co/vssCfi9EOY Endotoxins again- they keep popping up everywhere! Are fibrid ameloid microclots caused by endot…

Dec 23, 2024 · 6 shares · 9,616 followers View post →
ScottishVIG
@scottish_vig · X

https://t.co/vssCfi9EOY Endotoxins again- they keep popping up everywhere! Are fibrid ameloid microclots caused by endothelial damage and spike protein alone or by the existence of endotoxins in vaccines? NO-ONE is testing us for microclots - and these are highly resistent to

Dec 23, 2024 · 9 likes · 6 shares · 2,152 followers View post →
Pierre van Niekerk
@pierrevnk · X

RT @dbkell: @pierrevnk @DocAhmadMalik Amyloidogenic clotting induced by LPS at https://t.co/T7TIzR5a3o

Dec 14, 2024 · 1 share · 1,299 followers View post →
Prof Doug Kell CBE #FBPE #FBPA
@dbkell · X

@pierrevnk @DocAhmadMalik Amyloidogenic clotting induced by LPS at https://t.co/T7TIzR5a3o

Dec 13, 2024 · 2 likes · 1 share · 13,817 followers View post →
tune
@keisuke4713 · X

細菌細胞壁産物が微量でfibrinaloid微小血栓形成を触媒できる https://t.co/ZRJ7EhDRF4 生体内でLPSとfibrinogen濃度比はLPSによる10の8乘倍を超える分子増幅で凝固が可能 https://t.co/wu0aNeeyep LPSが極めて低量(モル比10の−8乗)存在で fibrinogen凝固が起こり,fibrinのamyloid形成 https://t.co/CalSzeswdT

Dec 3, 2024 · 1 like · 3,743 followers View post →
tune
@keisuke4713 · X

機械的血栓除去 脳卒中の血栓大部分がamyloid amyloid凝固誘発分子 細菌細胞壁成分 細菌性リポ多糖類(LPS) https://t.co/ZRJ7EhDRF4 https://t.co/wu0aNeeyep コロナspike蛋白 https://t.co/M3ITQztMfW spike蛋白で高度amyloid形成 https://t.co/1d20wy4nND https://t.co/a8ZBLOS8DP https://t.co/4GYg6viKYC

Dec 3, 2024 · 1 like · 3,743 followers View post →
tune
@keisuke4713 · X

FemtogramsのEndotoxin⇨Amyloid血栓 https://t.co/rzUcuLcyJl

Nov 2, 2024 · 1 like · 3,743 followers View post →
Mike Lustgarten, PhD
@mike_lustgarten · X

@Mangan150 Yep, 100% https://t.co/wSz1pcCBgH

Sep 6, 2024 · 1 like · 9,751 followers View post →
Prof Doug Kell CBE #FBPE #FBPA
@dbkell · X

@resiapretorius @doc4care Lots of papers at https://t.co/bqvsXdku0v, including https://t.co/T7TIzR4CdQ

Jul 28, 2023 · 3 likes · 13,817 followers View post →
Prof Doug Kell CBE #FBPE #FBPA
@dbkell · X

@MCAS_WTF @resiapretorius @PutrinoLab Other infections incl bacterial can cause microclots. See e.g. https://t.co/T7TIzR4CdQ

Apr 21, 2023 · 1 like · 13,817 followers View post →
Prof Doug Kell CBE #FBPE #FBPA
@dbkell · X

@longcovidman @qkate Agree; we first showed the anomalous microclotting with bacterial LPS https://t.co/T7TIzR4CdQ and later with LTA for Gram +ves https://t.co/evB7JUnBE6

Jan 3, 2023 · 5 likes · 13,817 followers View post →
Honor Barnes UK
@HonorUkb · X

RT @dbkell: @ssayssayssay @HonorUkb @resiapretorius @TurdFur58439807 @ThingsHiddenn Original LPS paper at https://t.co/T7TIzR4CdQ - rest li…

Nov 3, 2022 · 1 share · 463 followers View post →
Prof Doug Kell CBE #FBPE #FBPA
@dbkell · X

@ssayssayssay @HonorUkb @resiapretorius @TurdFur58439807 @ThingsHiddenn Original LPS paper at https://t.co/T7TIzR4CdQ - rest linked via https://t.co/qWBJ2lwvhn.

Nov 3, 2022 · 6 likes · 1 share · 13,817 followers View post →
Prof Doug Kell CBE #FBPE #FBPA
@dbkell · X

@Birk_Lab @giovannilandoni @SanRaffaeleMI @MyUniSR @CiceriFabio @AnnalisaRugger1 @FDeCobelli @SRAnesthesiaICU @lorenzodagna @azangrillo @CCRJournal @BellomoRinaldo LPS is very hydrophobic, but in our original work https://t.co/T7TIzR4CdQ just TINY, TINY amounts were necessary to induce the fibrinaloid microclots. I don't know about phagocytosis - maybe just seen as 'self' by mPhi?

Jul 10, 2022 · 1 like · 13,817 followers View post →
Prof Doug Kell CBE #FBPE #FBPA
@dbkell · X

@LocalRachel @JesslovesMJK https://t.co/T7TIzR4CdQ

Jun 17, 2022 · 1 like · 13,817 followers View post →
Prof Doug Kell CBE #FBPE #FBPA
@dbkell · X

@EleanorSews @tjalcovrv @resiapretorius @microbeminded2 Sorry, better link is https://t.co/T7TIzR4CdQ

Jun 15, 2022 · 1 like · 13,817 followers View post →
TB
@tammbrant · X

RT @dbkell: @tammbrant @ShaneyWright Bah, I sent the preprint link. Real paper at https://t.co/T7TIzR4CdQ

May 10, 2022 · 1 share · 443 followers View post →
Prof Doug Kell CBE #FBPE #FBPA
@dbkell · X

@tammbrant @ShaneyWright Bah, I sent the preprint link. Real paper at https://t.co/T7TIzR4CdQ

May 10, 2022 · 2 likes · 1 share · 13,817 followers View post →
Janiesaysyay
@janiesaysyay · X

RT @dbkell: @janiesaysyay @resiapretorius 2/2 though we didn't recognise the massive amplification by microbial detritus and its creation o…

Mar 18, 2022 · 1 share · 11,950 followers View post →
Prof Doug Kell CBE #FBPE #FBPA
@dbkell · X

@janiesaysyay @resiapretorius 2/2 though we didn't recognise the massive amplification by microbial detritus and its creation of amyloid fibrin until 2015/16 or so. https://t.co/T7TIzR4CdQ

Mar 18, 2022 · 4 likes · 1 share · 13,817 followers View post →
Prof Doug Kell CBE #FBPE #FBPA
@dbkell · X

@doctorasadkhan @shaun_qureshi @apresj20 Specifically https://t.co/T7TIzR4CdQ. For spike we only went down to 1 ng/ml https://t.co/jZZH9deTTn

Jan 21, 2022 · 3 likes · 13,817 followers View post →
Floby
@Floby · X

(source https://t.co/zfEeY4wpkb)

Jan 17, 2022 · 838 followers View post →
Bea is Chronically Persisting✨
@Be_Kinderr · X

RT @dbkell: @ales_frost @Be_Kinderr Not implausible. LPS (and the equivalent LTA in Gram-positive bacteria) is about the most potent induce…

Jan 4, 2022 · 1 share · 9,796 followers View post →
Prof Doug Kell CBE #FBPE #FBPA
@dbkell · X

@ales_frost @Be_Kinderr Not implausible. LPS (and the equivalent LTA in Gram-positive bacteria) is about the most potent inducer of fibrin amyloid microclots @resiapretorius and I have found. All papers at https://t.co/bqvsXdku0v, starting for this w https://t.co/T7TIzR4CdQ

Jan 4, 2022 · 3 likes · 1 share · 13,817 followers View post →
Prof Doug Kell CBE #FBPE #FBPA
@dbkell · X

@MclartyKrysten @Be_Kinderr @resiapretorius PS - though the difference is that @resiapretorius and I established that the reason for this is the formation of a variant of fibrin that is *amyloid* in character. This explains e.g. its resistance to fibrinolysis https://t.co/T7TIzR4CdQ

Jan 1, 2022 · 9 likes · 13,817 followers View post →
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