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"Mirror image" antagonists of thrombin-induced platelet activation based on thrombin receptor structure.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Feb 1992
Hung D T, Vu T K, Wheaton V I, Charo I F, Nelken N A, Esmon N, Esmon C T, Coughlin S R
Abstract excerpt
Platelet activation by thrombin plays a critical role in hemostasis and thrombosis. Based on structure-activity studies of a cloned platelet thrombin receptor, we designed two "mirror image" antagonists of thrombin and thrombin receptor function. First, "uncleavable" peptides mimicking the receptor domain postulated to interact with thrombin were found to be potent thrombin inhibitors. Second, proteolytically...
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