Two important haematological problems were found in an otherwise healthy 78 year old man: chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia; and a complex, acquired, hyperfibrinolytic bleeding disorder characterized by prolonged coagulation times, deficiency of coagulation factors V, X, and XI, anti-thrombin III and proteins C and S, with high concentrations of circulating tissue plasminogen activator, and low ...

reteplase is a segment of tissue plasminogen activator used for the removal of thrombi in blood vessels. in the present study the cloned reteplase gene was used for its expression in competent e. coli. the  recombinant plasmid, pet15b/reteplase (rpet-bl21), was transformed into competent e.coli strain bl21 (de3) cells. overnight culture of the transformed bacteria was induced by the addition of...

Fibrinolytic system In addition to the mechanisms which achieve haemostasis by the formation of fibrin-stabilized platelet plugs, man possesses an efficient system designed to remove unwanted or excessive fibrin. The enzyme which cleaves fibrin into soluble degradation products is termed plasmin (EC 3.4.4.14); it is present in the circulation as a zymogen known as plasminogen. The activation of...

Fibrinolysis is a cascade of proteolytic reactions occurring in blood and soft tissues, which functions to disintegrate fibrin clots when they are no more needed. In order to elucidate its regulation in space and time, fibrinolysis was investigated using an in vitro reaction-diffusion experimental model of blood clot formation and dissolution. Clotting was activated by a surface with immobilize...

Inflammation is a hallmark in many neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease or vascular dementia. Cholesterol and homocysteine are both vascular risk factors which have been associated with dementia, inflammation and blood-brain barrier dysfunction. In previous studies we found that hypercholesterolemia but not hyperhomocysteinemia induced inflammation in rats in vivo. The aim of the...

To explore the relationship between blood lipid levels and a predisposition to thrombosis, levels of three hemostatic factors were measured in 41 human subjects and correlated with serum lipids. Procoagulant activity associated with peripheral blood monocytes isolated and purified after a 2-hour incubation in whole blood was not significantly related to lipid levels. However, activity in monocy...