[HTML][HTML] The contact activation and kallikrein/kinin systems: pathophysiologic and physiologic activities

AH Schmaier - Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2016 - Elsevier
The contact activation system (CAS) and kallikrein/kinin system (KKS) are older recognized
biochemical pathways that include several proteins that skirt the fringes of the blood …

Strategies to improve plasma half life time of peptide and protein drugs

M Werle, A Bernkop-Schnürch - Amino acids, 2006 - Springer
Due to the obvious advantages of long-acting peptide and protein drugs, strategies to
prolong plasma half life time of such compounds are highly on demand. Short plasma half …

Ang II (angiotensin II) conversion to angiotensin-(1-7) in the circulation is POP (prolyloligopeptidase)-dependent and ACE2 (angiotensin-converting enzyme 2) …

P Serfozo, J Wysocki, G Gulua, A Schulze, M Ye… - …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
The Ang II (Angiotensin II)-Angiotensin-(1-7) axis of the Renin Angiotensin System
encompasses 3 enzymes that form Angiotensin-(1-7)[Ang-(1-7)] directly from Ang II: ACE2 …

[HTML][HTML] The dipeptidyl peptidase family, prolyl oligopeptidase, and prolyl carboxypeptidase in the immune system and inflammatory disease, including atherosclerosis

Y Waumans, L Baerts, K Kehoe, AM Lambeir… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Research from over the past 20 years has implicated dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP) IV and its
family members in many processes and different pathologies of the immune system. Most …

Extracellular carbonic anhydrase mediates hemorrhagic retinal and cerebral vascular permeability through prekallikrein activation

BB Gao, A Clermont, S Rook, SJ Fonda… - Nature medicine, 2007 - nature.com
Excessive retinal vascular permeability contributes to the pathogenesis of proliferative
diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema, leading causes of vision loss in working …

Genes lost during the transition from land to water in cetaceans highlight genomic changes associated with aquatic adaptations

M Huelsmann, N Hecker, MS Springer, J Gatesy… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
The transition from land to water in whales and dolphins (cetaceans) was accompanied by
remarkable adaptations. To reveal genomic changes that occurred during this transition, we …

[HTML][HTML] The intrinsic pathway of coagulation: a target for treating thromboembolic disease?

D Gailani, T Renne - Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2007 - Elsevier
The classic intrinsic pathway of coagulation is triggered by contact activation of the plasma
protease factor (F) XII, followed by sequential proteolytic activation of FX1 and FIX. While a …

Human plasma kallikrein-kinin system: physiological and biochemical parameters

JW Bryant, Z Shariat-Madar - Cardiovascular & Hematological …, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
The plasma kallikrein-kinin system (KKS) plays a critical role in human physiology. The KKS
encompasses coagulation factor XII (FXII), the complex of prekallikrein (PK) and high …

[HTML][HTML] The elusive physiologic role of Factor XII

AH Schmaier - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2008 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Physiologic hemostasis upon injury involves many plasma proteins in a well-regulated
cascade of proteolytic reactions to form a clot. Deficiency of blood coagulation Factors VIII …

Fifty years of research on the plasma kallikrein-kinin system: from protein structure and function to cell biology and in-vivo pathophysiology

IM Sainz, RA Pixley, RW Colman - Thrombosis and …, 2007 - thieme-connect.com
F or forty years my laboratory has been studying the kallikrein-kininogen-kinin system (KKS).
I was challenged by my mentor Dr. Sol Sherry in whose laboratory I was completing my …