A study of the interaction between Helicobacter pylori and components of the human fibrinolytic system

The interaction of plasminogen, tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) and urokinase with a clinical strain of Helicobacter pylori was studied. Plasminogen bound to the surface of H. pylori cells in a concentration-dependent manner and could be activated to the enzymatic form, plasmin, by t-PA. Affinit...

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Main Authors: A. Yarzábal, L. Avilán, K. Hoelzl, M. de Muñoz, J. Puig, I. Kansau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2000-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2000000900004