Abstract
Purified human granulocyte elastase cleaved purified human high molecular weight (HMW) kininogen into multiple low molecular weight fragments, and destroyed the clot-promoting activity of the HMW kininogen. Elastase digestion did not release kinin or destroy the bradykinin portion of the HMW kininogen molecule; kallikrein could release kinin from the elastase-induced low molecular weight digestion products of HMW kininogen. Purified alpha 1-antitrypsin prevented the destruction of the clot-promoting activity of HMW kininogen by elastase; it also delayed the clotting of normal plasma. Elastase may play a significant role in altered hemostasis as well as fibrinolysis, in areas of inflammation to which polymorphonuclear leukocytes have been attracted.
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Created | 21 years, 2 months ago (June 24, 2004, 3:56 a.m.) |
Deposited | 2 years, 1 month ago (July 24, 2023, 9:19 p.m.) |
Indexed | 4 months, 2 weeks ago (April 6, 2025, 9:03 a.m.) |
Issued | 37 years, 2 months ago (June 1, 1988) |
Published | 37 years, 2 months ago (June 1, 1988) |
Published Online | 37 years, 2 months ago (June 1, 1988) |
Published Print | 37 years, 2 months ago (June 1, 1988) |
@article{Kleniewski_1988, title={Granulocyte elastase cleaves human high molecular weight kininogen and destroys its clot-promoting activity.}, volume={167}, ISSN={1540-9538}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.167.6.1895}, DOI={10.1084/jem.167.6.1895}, number={6}, journal={The Journal of experimental medicine}, publisher={Rockefeller University Press}, author={Kleniewski, J and Donaldson, V}, year={1988}, month=jun, pages={1895–1907} }