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Life-threatening hemorrhage and prolonged wound healing are remarkable phenotypes manifested by complete plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 deficiency in humans.
Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH - 1 Jun 2011
Iwaki T, Tanaka A, Miyawaki Y, Suzuki A, Kobayashi T, Takamatsu J, Matsushita T, Umemura K, Urano T, Kojima T, Terao T, Kanayama N
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BACKGROUND: Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) is the primary physiological regulator of urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) and tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) activity. A number of studies have shown that elevated levels of PAI-1 are related to pathological states such as an increased risk of arterial thrombotic events and a poor prognosis for cancer patients; however, there are few reports about...
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