Mutant prourokinase with adjunctive C1-inhibitor is an effective and safer alternative to tPA in rat stroke.

A single-site mutant (M5) of native urokinase plasminogen activator (prouPA) induces effective thrombolysis in dogs with venous or arterial thrombosis with a reduction in bleeding complications compared to tPA. This effect, related to inhibition of two-chain M5 (tcM5) by plasma C1-inhibitor (C1I), t...

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Main Authors: Simone Tomasi, Paolo Sarmientos, Giada Giorda, Victor Gurewich, Alessandro Vercelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3136496?pdf=render