Items for "Tissue type-plasminogen activator"

The effect of tissue type-plasminogen activator deletion and associated fibrin(ogen) deposition on macrophage localization in peritoneal inflammation

There are two plasminogen activators (PAs), urokinase type-PA (u-PA) and tissue type-PA (t-PA). While u-PA is considered to be involved in cellular migration and tissue remodeling and t-PA in fibrinolysis, this distinction is not always clear-cut...

Keywords: Tissue type-plasminogen activator, fibrin(olysis), peritonitis, macrophages, urokinase-type plasminogen activator