plasmin
Also known as PLG
Plasmin is an important enzyme () present in blood that degrades many blood plasma proteins, including fibrin clots. The degradation of fibrin is termed fibrinolysis. In humans, the plasmin protein (in the zymogen form of plasminogen) is encoded by the PLG gene.
Research
16,495 papers- Assessing Plasmin Generation in Health and Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
- Plasmin: A Modulator of Immune Function.Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis · 2017
- Plasmin as a proinflammatory cell activator.Journal of leukocyte biology · 2012
- Plasmin in Parasitic Chronic Infections: Friend or Foe?Trends in parasitology · 2016
- Plasmin-dependent modulation of the blood-brain barrier: a major consideration during tPA-induced thrombolysis?Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2014
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- Function
- Mechanism of plasminogen activation
- Mechanism of plasmin inactivation
- Pathology
- Interactions
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Plasmin is an important enzyme () present in blood that degrades many blood plasma proteins, including fibrin clots. The degradation of fibrin is termed fibrinolysis. In humans, the plasmin protein (in the zymogen form of plasminogen) is encoded by the PLG gene.
== Function ==