Plasminogen Activators
"Plasminogen Activators" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A heterogeneous group of proteolytic enzymes that convert PLASMINOGEN to FIBRINOLYSIN. They are concentrated in the lysosomes of most cells and in the vascular endothelium, particularly in the vessels of the microcirculation.
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D010960
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.300.760.635 D08.811.277.656.959.350.635 D12.776.124.125.662
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Kaplan BM, Safian RD, Goldstein JA, Grines CL, O'Neill WW. Efficacy of angioscopy in determining the effectiveness of intracoronary urokinase and TEC atherectomy thrombus removal from an occluded saphenous vein graft prior to stent implantation. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1995 Dec; 36(4):335-7.