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Definition of Plasminogen activator

1. Noun. Protease produced in the kidney that converts plasminogen to plasmin and so initiates fibrinolysis.

Medical Definition of Plasminogen activator

1. Serine protease that acts on plasminogen to generate plasmin. Has also been implicated in invasiveness and is produced by many normal and invasive cells. The vascular form (tPA, 55 kD) is very similar to tissue plasminogen activator (uPA, 70 kD) and to streptokinase and urokinase. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Plasminogen activator

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Identifying Health Technologies That Work: Searching For Evidence by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"... plasminogen-activator complex; GISSI = The Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della ... and Tissue plasminogen activator for Occluded Coronary Arteries; ..."

2. Proceedings of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Symposium on edited by Judith H. LaRosa, Michael J. Horan, Eugene R. Passamani (1996)
"Intravenous tissue plasminogen activator and size of infarct, left ventricular ... Trial of tissue plasminogen activator for mortality reduction in acute ..."

3. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"The effects of nicotine and its major metabolite, cotinine, were evaluated on the secretion of plasminogen activator (PA) and plasminogen activator ..."

4. Alcohols Effect on Organ Function edited by Dianne M. Welsh (1997)
"LAUG, WE Ethyl alcohol enhances plasminogen activator secretion by endothelial cells. Journal of the American Medical Association 250(6):772-776,1983. ..."

5. Identifying Health Technologies That Work: Searching For Evidence by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"... plasminogen-activator complex; GISSI = The Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della ... and Tissue plasminogen activator for Occluded Coronary Arteries; ..."

6. Proceedings of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Symposium on edited by Judith H. LaRosa, Michael J. Horan, Eugene R. Passamani (1996)
"Intravenous tissue plasminogen activator and size of infarct, left ventricular ... Trial of tissue plasminogen activator for mortality reduction in acute ..."

7. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"The effects of nicotine and its major metabolite, cotinine, were evaluated on the secretion of plasminogen activator (PA) and plasminogen activator ..."

8. Alcohols Effect on Organ Function edited by Dianne M. Welsh (1997)
"LAUG, WE Ethyl alcohol enhances plasminogen activator secretion by endothelial cells. Journal of the American Medical Association 250(6):772-776,1983. ..."

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