Two components of the fibrinolytic system, plasminogen and the vascular plasminogen activator, have been isolated to apparent homogeneity from the post-venous occlusion plasma of three diabetic patients (hemoglobin A1C greater than 7%) and of one nondiabetic control person. Plasminogen activation was studied for each person separately in the absence and presence of CNBr fragments of fibrinogen....

ALI = acute limb ischemia, APSAC = antistreplase, MTD = mechanical thromboembolectomy device, PAT = percutaneous aspiration thromboembolectomy, pro-UK = prourokinase, RPA = reteplase, r-UK = recombinant urokinase, SK = streptokinase, STILE = Surgery versus Thrombolysis for Ischemia of the Lower Extremity [study], tPA = tissue plasminogen activator, TOPAS = Thrombolysis or Peripheral Arterial Su...

Binding of urokinase-type plasminogen activator–plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 complex to the endocytosis receptors α2-macroglobulin receptor/low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein and very-lowdensity lipoprotein receptor involves basic residues in the inhibitor Kees W. RODENBURG, Lars KJØLLER, Helle H. PETERSEN and Peter A. ANDREASEN Department of Molecular and Structural Biology,...

T hrombosis of a coronary or cerebral artery is the most common cause of mortality and morbidity in the developed nations.' The proximate cause is most often atherosclerosis, and the most appropriate intervention is its prevention. Much progress has been made in identifying the risk factors predisposing to atherosclerosis, and, perhaps because of their recognition, a significant decrease in the...

T hrombosis of a coronary or cerebral artery is the most common cause of mortality and morbidity in the developed nations.' The proximate cause is most often atherosclerosis, and the most appropriate intervention is its prevention. Much progress has been made in identifying the risk factors predisposing to atherosclerosis, and, perhaps because of their recognition, a significant decrease in the...