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Tissue plasminogen activator is a serine protease normally found on the surface of endothelial cells of veins, capillaries, the pulmonary artery, heart, and uterus, and is secreted after vascular injury. It converts the proenzyme plasminogen to plasmin, a fibrinolytic enzyme. Plasminogen is synthesized as a single chain, which is cleaved by PLAT into the two chain disulfide linked plasmin. This enzyme plays a role in cell migration and tissue remodeling....


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Production of Human Tissue Plasminogen Activator in Transgenic Mouse Milk: http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v5/n11/abs/nbt1187-1183.html Genetic Modification gives away the second one as genetic engineering So the answer is number 3

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  • Warning Signs Of A Stroke - 3 replies

    of tissue plasminogen activator has clinical benefits for patients with acute ischemic stroke; however The Center for Disease Control issued an article last week on what to do in suspected stroke...

    May 19, 2008

  • Know the Warning Signs of Stroke - 2 replies

    plasminogen activator (tPA), a clot-busting drug given to people who've had ischemic stroke, is most a stroke. Still, their failure to seek care is very worrisome, one stroke expert said, because tissue

    May 26, 2008

  • Does your area use Cranial Intra-arterial Thrombolysis - 10 replies

    to intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) administered within 3 hours of symptom onset with arterial occlusion when treatment with intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) may

    Jul 05, 2006


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