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Chemotactic effect of urokinase plasminogen activator: a major role for mechanisms independent of its proteolytic or growth factor domains.
Journal of receptor and signal transduction research - 1 Nov 1999
Poliakov A A, Mukhina S A, Traktouev D O, Bibilashvily R S, Gursky Y G, Minashkin M M, Stepanova V V, Tkachuk V A
Abstract excerpt
Urokinase type plasminogen activator (uPA) converts plasminogen to plasmin and is highly chemotactic for many cell types. We examined, using recombinant wild type and mutated forms of uPA, the extent to which its proteolytic properties, its growth-like domain (GFD) and/or interactions with the specific receptor (uPAR) contribute to the chemotactic activity towards vascular smooth muscle cells (SMC). Recombinant...
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