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Targeting of a mutant plasminogen activator to circulating red blood cells for prophylactic fibrinolysis.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics - 1 Mar 2010
Zaitsev Sergei, Zaitzev Sergei, Spitzer Dirk, Murciano Juan-Carlos, Ding Bi-Sen, Tliba Samira, Kowalska M Anna, Bdeir Khalil, Kuo Alice, Stepanova Victoria, Atkinson John P, Poncz Mortimer, Cines Douglas B, Muzykantov Vladimir R
Abstract excerpt
Chemical coupling to carrier red blood cells (RBCs) converts tissue type plasminogen activator (tPA) from a problematic therapeutic into a safe agent for thromboprophylaxis. The goal of this study was to develop a more clinically relevant recombinant biotherapeutic by fusing a mutant tPA with a single-chain antibody fragment (scFv) with specificity for glycophorin A (GPA) on mouse RBCs. The fusion construct...
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