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Integrin alphaMbeta2 orchestrates and accelerates plasminogen activation and fibrinolysis by neutrophils.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 23 Apr 2004
Pluskota Elzbieta, Soloviev Dmitry A, Bdeir Khalil, Cines Douglas B, Plow Edward F
Abstract excerpt
Plasmin, the pivotal thrombolytic enzyme, is generated on the surface of many cell types, where urokinase receptor (uPAR)-bound urokinase (uPA) activates cell-bound plasminogen (Plg). It has been reported that neutrophils mediate endogenous thrombolysis involving a uPA-dependent mechanism, and we previously demonstrated that both uPAR and integrin alpha(M)beta(2) recognize uPA to control cell migration and...
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