supported by the German Research Foundation(KE 2179/9-1,Germany).
The worldwide burden of skeletal diseases such as osteoporosis,degenerative joint disease and impaired fracture healing is steadily increasing.Tranexamic acid(TXA),a plasminogen inhibitor and anti-fibrinolytic agent,i...
Introduction:Plasminogen(PLG)deficiency is an ultrarare disease.The reported manifestations in literature were linked to pseudomembrane formation and mucosal surfaces inflammation.Recently,PLG,its activa-tors and its ...
This work was supported in part by National Institutes of Health Grant NS-NS091201(to MY)and VA MERIT Award IO1BX003441(to MY).
Dementia is a clinical syndrome that affects approximately 47 million people worldwide and is characterized by progressive and irreversible decline of cognitive,behavioral and sesorimotor functions.Alzheimer’s diseas...
Plasmin is generally known as a promotor of inflammation.Recent advancement suggests that it has a complex role as immunity modulator.Pharmacological inhibition of plasmin production and activity has been proven to im...
supported in part by National Institutes of Health Grant NS-091201(to MY);VA MERIT Award IO1BX003441(to MY)
The last two decades have witnessed a rapid decrease in mortality due to acute cerebral ischemia that paradoxically has led to a rapid increase in the number of patients that survive an acute ischemic stroke with vari...
Tissue plasminogen activator is usually used for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke,but the role of endogenous tissue plasminogen activator in traumatic brain injury has been rarely reported.A rat model of traumat...
Hereditary angioedema(HAE)is an uncommon genetic disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of edema involving subcutaneous tissue and submucosa.The pathogenesis of HAE reflects an intricate coordinated regulation o...
the Calvary Mater Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute.
Reliance on glycolysis for energy production is considered a hallmark of cancer and the glycolytic enzyme a-enolase is overexpressed in a range of cancer types.However,recent studies have revealed that a-enolase is in...