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Noninhibitory PAI-1 enhances plasmin-mediated matrix degradation both in vitro and in experimental nephritis.
Kidney international - 1 Aug 2006
Huang Y, Border W A, Lawrence D A, Noble N A
Abstract excerpt
Plasminogen activator inhibitor-type 1 (PAI-1) is thought to be profibrotic by inhibiting plasmin generation, thereby decreasing turnover of pathological extracellular matrix (ECM). A mutant, noninhibitory PAI-1 (PAI-1R) was recently shown by us to increase glomerular plasmin generation and reduc...
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