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What has been learnt from the thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor-deficient mouse?
Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH - 1 May 2010
Morser J, Gabazza E C, Myles T, Leung L L K
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SUMMARY: Thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) is a circulating zymogen that is activated physiologically by the thrombin/thrombomodulin complex to activated TAFI (TAFIa) which is a basic carboxypeptidase. Substrates include fibrin, leading to a reduction in rate of plasmin generation, and several proinflammatory mediators such as bradykinin, thrombin-cleaved osteopontin and complement factor C5a....
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