Extravascular fibrin, plasminogen activator, plasminogen activator inhibitors, and airway hyperrespo...
Extravascular fibrin, plasminogen activator, plasminogen activator inhibitors, and airway hyperresponsiveness
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United States: American Society for Clinical Investigation
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United States: American Society for Clinical Investigation
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Mechanisms underlying airway hyperresponsiveness are not yet fully elucidated. One of the manifestations of airway inflammation is leakage of diverse plasma proteins into the airway lumen. They include fibrinogen and thrombin. Thrombin cleaves fibrinogen to form fibrin, a major component of thrombi. Fibrin inactivates surfactant. Surfactant on the...
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Extravascular fibrin, plasminogen activator, plasminogen activator inhibitors, and airway hyperresponsiveness
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_437962
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_437962
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0021-9738
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1558-8238
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10.1172/JCI200419569
