Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator may be effective in preventing cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage by resolving subarachnoid clots. We previously demonstrated that blood placed on the adventitial surface of cerebral arteries enhances intimal platelet accumulation, positively correlating with endothelial damage and other pathologic changes in vessel walls. In this study, we...

Endostatin, a Mr 20,000 fragment of collagen XVIII, is able to inhibit angiogenesis and induce apoptosis in endothelial cells in vivo. We analyzed the effects of recombinant endostatin on human microvascular endothelial cells, focusing on pericellular plasminogen activation and its targeting by the focal adhesion-associated cytoskeletal structures. Analysis of the proteolytic plasminogen activa...

The mechanism of the activation of plasminogen by single-chain urokinase-type plasminogen activator (single-chain u-PA, scu-PA) was studied using rscu-PA-Glu158, a recombinant plasmin-resistant mutant of human scu-PA obtained by site-specific mutagenesis of Lys158 to Glu, and rPlg-Ala740, a recombinant human plasminogen in which the catalytic site is destroyed by mutagenesis of the active-site ...

The active ingredient of METALYSE (tenecteplase) is a recombinant fibrin-specific plasminogen activator that is derived from native t-PA by modification at three sites of the protein structure. It binds to the fibrin component of the thrombus (blood clot) and selectively converts thrombus-bound plasminogen to plasmin, which degrades the fibrin matrix of the thrombus. Tenecteplase has a higher f...

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