Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The inactive precursor to plasmin that is found in body fluids and blood plasma.
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- noun biochemistry The inactive
precursor toplasmin ; profibrinolysin
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- noun an inactive form of plasmin that occurs in plasma and is converted to plasmin by organic solvents
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Examples
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The volunteers 'bodies responded by producing 3 to 5 times as much as normal of a hormone called plasminogen activator inhibitor-1.
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Urokinase also activates a substance in blood vessels called plasminogen and turns it into plasmin, another protein-destroying enzyme.
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Urokinase also activates a substance in blood vessels called plasminogen and turns it into plasmin, another protein-destroying enzyme.
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Urokinase also activates a substance in blood vessels called plasminogen and turns it into plasmin, another protein-destroying enzyme.
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Urokinase also activates a substance in blood vessels called plasminogen and turns it into plasmin, another protein-destroying enzyme.
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Urokinase also activates a substance in blood vessels called plasminogen and turns it into plasmin, another protein-destroying enzyme.
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The experimental pre-clinical treatment involved putting a naturally occurring substance called plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) into the brains of newborn rats, said Chia-Yi Kuan, M.D.
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Robinson and her colleagues measured several blood components involved in clotting, including fats and clotting factors such as plasminogen-activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) for the following eight hours.
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As tissue plasminogen activator is manufactured using recombinant biotechnology techniques, it is referred to as rtPA as well as tPA in the study.
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Blood flow can be restored if tissue plasminogen activator, or tPA, is administered soon after the stroke occurs.
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