Why "R" HIT patients predisposed to thrombosis?

Abstract

In this issue of Blood, Rollin et al demonstrate that heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (HIT) patients homozygous for arginine (R) at position 131 in the immunoglobulin (Ig)G receptor FcγRIIA have a significantly higher incidence of thrombosis, and show that plasma IgG may play a key role in modulating the thrombotic process.