Chapter title |
Serpins in Venous Thrombosis and Venous Thrombus Resolution
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Chapter number | 13 |
Book title |
Serpins
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, September 2018
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-8645-3_13 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-8644-6, 978-1-4939-8645-3
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Authors |
Subhradip Mukhopadhyay, Tierra A. Johnson, Rajabrata Sarkar, Toni M. Antalis, Mukhopadhyay, Subhradip, Johnson, Tierra A., Sarkar, Rajabrata, Antalis, Toni M. |
Abstract |
Several serpins function as potent inhibitors of thrombolytic serine proteases. Venous thrombosis is a common and debilitating condition whose incidence is on the rise. Studies using genetically modified mice and inhibitors have shown that the plasminogen activator inhibitors (PAI), PAI-1 and PAI-2, are primary regulators of plasminogen activation and contribute to regulating the resolution of experimental venous thrombi, via inflammatory mechanisms, vascular remodeling, and inhibition of fibrinolysis. Therapies to accelerate venous thrombus resolution would be beneficial, since delayed or incomplete clot resolution frequently leads to postthrombotic syndrome, a long-term complication associated with debilitating limb swelling, pain, and recurrent skin ulceration. Here we describe a useful and reproducible mouse model for the study of venous thrombus resolution involving ligation of the inferior vena cava and elucidation of the molecular and cellular determinants of venous thrombus formation and resolution. |
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