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We previously reported that plasminogen activation takes place during TTP attacks in these patients. Furthermore, stimulation of plasminogen activation attenuates pathogenesis in preclinical TTP models in\u00a0vivo. This suggests that plasmin is an endogenous regulator of VWF thrombogenicity, in particular when ADAMTS13 falls short to prevent microvascular occlusions. VWF cleavage by plasmin is biochemically distinct from cleavage by ADAMTS13. We hypothesized that plasmin-cleaved VWF (cVWF) holds value as a biomarker of microvascular thrombosis. Here, we describe the development of a variable domain of heavy-chain-only antibody (VHH)-based bioassay that can distinguish cVWF from intact and ADAMTS13-cleaved VWF in plasma. We validate this assay by tracking cVWF release during degradation of microthombi in\u00a0vitro. We demonstrate that endogenous cVWF formation takes place in patients with TTP during acute attacks of thrombotic microangiopathy but not in those in remission. Finally, we show that therapeutic plasminogen activation in a mouse model of TTP amplifies cVWF formation, which is accompanied by VWF clearance. 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