Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator
"Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A proteolytic enzyme that converts PLASMINOGEN to FIBRINOLYSIN where the preferential cleavage is between ARGININE and VALINE. It was isolated originally from human URINE, but is found in most tissues of most VERTEBRATES.
| Descriptor ID |
D014568
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.300.760.910 D08.811.277.656.959.350.910 D12.776.124.125.662.884
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| Concept/Terms |
Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator- Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator
- Urokinase Type Plasminogen Activator
- Plasminogen Activator, Urokinase-Type
- U-Plasminogen Activator
- U Plasminogen Activator
- U-PA
- Urinary Plasminogen Activator
- Urokinase
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator" by people in Profiles.
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Hendrickson RJ, Okada SS, Cahill PA, Yankah E, Sitzmann JV, Redmond EM. Ethanol inhibits basal and flow-induced vascular smooth muscle cell migration in vitro. J Surg Res. 1999 Jun 01; 84(1):64-70.
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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.