Example sentences for: serpin

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  • Another cluster A gene is alpha 1 -antichymotrypsin (ACT), a member of the serine proteinase inhibitor (serpin) family, which inhibits the neutrophil proteinase cathepsin G and mast cell chymases, and protects the lower respiratory tract from damage by proteolytic enzymes [ 28].

  • Biochemically, PEDF is a 50-kDa glycoprotein with structural homology to members of the serine-protease inhibitor (serpin) superfamily [ 3 15 ] . However, it has no inhibitory effects on proteases.

  • tPA, tissue-type plasminogen activator; uPA, urokinase-type plasminogen activator; PAI-1, plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1; serpin, serine protease inhibitor; RCL, reactive center loop; Vn, vitronectin, SDS, sodium dodecylsulfate; PAGE, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.

  • Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) is a serine proteinase inhibitor in the serpin superfamily [ 1 2 3 ] . This 50 kDa glycoprotein is apparently the most important physiological inhibitor of tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) and of urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA).

  • Our results are concordant with previous study, [ 25 ] which suggests that serpin body-protease body interactions play significant roles in determining serpin inhibitory activity against target proteases.


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