Essential Roles in Macrophage Chemotaxis Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator Plays
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The urokinase receptor is required for human monocyte chemotaxis in vitro.
Mononuclear phagocytes (Mphi) produce urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) and also express a specific cell-surface receptor for urokinase, uPAR. The concomitant expression of these proteins provides a mechanism by which Mphi can degrade extracellular matrix proteins during directed cell migration. In this study, we sought to determine if uPAR plays a role in Mphi chemotaxis that is disti...
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