Aβ and C(lot), but not D(egradation)

Alisa S Wolberg1

  • 1University of North Carolina.

Blood
|April 12, 2012
PubMed

In this issue of Blood, Zamolodchikov and Strickland examine the association of β-amyloid (Aβ) peptide with fibrin(ogen). These findings shed new light on the relationship between Alzheimer disease and cardiovascular disease, as well as on a novel biochemical mechanism regulating clot stability and dissolution.