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Thrombin-activatable procarboxypeptidase B regulates activated complement C5a in vivo.
Blood - 1 Mar 2007
Nishimura Toshihiko, Myles Timothy, Piliponsky Adrian M, Piliposky Adrian M, Kao Peter N, Berry Gerald J, Leung Lawrence L K
Abstract excerpt
Plasma procarboxypeptidase B (proCPB) is activated by the endothelial thrombin-thrombomodulin [corrected] complex. Activated proCPB [corrected] (CPB) functions as a fibrinolysis inhibitor, but it may play a broader role by inactivating inflammatory mediators. To test this hypothesis, C5a-induced alveolitis was studied in wild-type (WT) and proCPB-deficient mice (proCPB-/-). C5a-induced alveolitis, as measured by...
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