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Plasminogen activators in vascular remodeling and angiogenesis
Ye V Parfyonova1, O S Plekhanova, V A Tkachuk
1Russian Cardiology Research Center, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 3-ya Cherepovskaya ul. 15a, Moscow, 121552, Russia. Yeparfyon@cardio.ru
Biochemistry. Biokhimiia
|February 14, 2002
Abstract:
This review considers cellular and molecular mechanisms of the involvement of plasminogen activators in extracellular proteolysis and cell migration and proliferation. The role of plasminogen activators in vascular remodeling in atherosclerosis, restenosis, and angiogenesis is discussed.