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PLASMINOGEN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An inactive form of plasmin that occurs in plasma and is converted to plasmin by organic solvents

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("plasminogen" is a kind of...):

fibrinolysin; plasmin (an enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots)

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This allele, which encodes tissue-type plasminogen activator protein, is involved in the regulation of plasmin-mediated proteolysis via the conversion of the proenzyme plasminogen to plasmin.

(PLAT wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in a biological specimen.

(Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Thrombosis can also result from plasminogen deficiency caused by a lack of protein or lack of functional protein.

(Fibrinolysis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Plasminogen (810 aa, ~91 kDa) is encoded by the human PLG gene.

(Plasminogen, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called Alteplase, r-tPA, and recombinant tissue plasminogen activator.

(Activase, NCI Dictionary)

Desmopressin binds to V2 receptors in renal collecting ducts which leads to exocytosis of von Willebrand factor (VWF) and tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) from Weibel-Palade bodies, thereby increasing water resorption.

(Desmopressin, NCI Thesaurus)

Agonists such as ADP, thrombin, epinephrine and collagen activate the release of APP and plasminogen activator inhibitor I (an important regulator of coagulation) from platelet storage granules.

(Platelet Amyloid Precursor Protein Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Also called Activase, r-tPA, and recombinant tissue plasminogen activator.

(Alteplase, NCI Dictionary)

Also called urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA)-derived peptide A6.

(A6, NCI Dictionary)

A family of serine proteases that catalyze the proteolytic conversion of plasminogen to plasmin.

(Plasminogen Activator, NCI Thesaurus)