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Id:
13,372
Diseases:
Hematological
Homo sapiens
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Reference:
Ritchie H et al.(2001) Characterization of crosslinking sites in fibrinogen for plasminogen activator inhibitor 2 (PAI-2) Ann N Y Acad Sci 936: 215-218
[PMID: 11460477]
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PAI-2 remained active after cross-linking and inhibited fibrin breakdown, even by two-chain t-PA. Thus, a second inhibitor of fibrinolysis, in addition to alpha 2-antiplasmin, is crosslinked to fibrin and protects it from lysis.