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Endogenous tissue-type plasminogen activator is protective during Escherichia coli-induced abdominal sepsis in mice.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Jul 2006
Renckens Rosemarijn, Roelofs Joris J T H, Florquin Sandrine, de Vos Alex F, Pater Jennie M, Lijnen H Roger, Carmeliet Peter, van 't Veer Cornelis, van der Poll Tom
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Sepsis is associated with enhanced production of tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA). We investigated the function of endogenous tPA in the immune responses to Escherichia coli-induced abdominal sepsis using tPA gene-deficient (tPA(-/-)) and normal wild-type (WT) mice. tPA(-/-) mice demonstrated an impaired defense against E. coli peritonitis as indicated by higher bacterial loads at the primary site of the...
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