"Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A proteolytic enzyme that converts PLASMINOGEN to FIBRINOLYSIN where the preferential cleavage is between ARGININE and VALINE. It was isolated originally from human URINE, but is found in most tissues of most VERTEBRATES.
| Descriptor ID |
D014568
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.300.760.910 D08.811.277.656.959.350.910 D12.776.124.125.662.884
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| Concept/Terms |
Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator- Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator
- Urokinase Type Plasminogen Activator
- Plasminogen Activator, Urokinase-Type
- U-Plasminogen Activator
- U Plasminogen Activator
- U-PA
- Urinary Plasminogen Activator
- Urokinase
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator" by people in Profiles.
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P32-A134 Cytoprotective effects of human platelet lysate during the xeno-free culture of human donor corneas. BMJ Open Ophthalmol. 2023 08; 8(Suppl 2):A13.
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The prognostic relevance of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) in the blood of patients with metastatic breast cancer. Sci Rep. 2019 02 19; 9(1):2318.
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