The role of plasminogen activators in stroke treatment: fibrinolysis and beyond

AM Thiebaut, M Gauberti, C Ali… - The Lancet …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Although recent technical advances in thrombectomy have revolutionised acute stroke
treatment, prevalence of disability and death related to stroke remain high. Therefore …

Urokinase plasminogen activator: a potential thrombolytic agent for ischaemic stroke

RRA Kadir, U Bayraktutan - Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, 2020 - Springer
Stroke continues to be one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide.
Restoration of cerebral blood flow by recombinant plasminogen activator (rtPA) with or …

[HTML][HTML] The plasminogen activating system in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

M Yepes - Neural Regeneration Research, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Dementia is a clinical syndrome that affects approximately 47 million people worldwide and
is characterized by progressive and irreversible decline of cognitive, behavioral and …

Ponatinib-induced ischemic stroke in larval zebrafish for drug screening

XY Zhu, B Xia, T Ye, MZ Dai, H Yang, CQ Li… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Conventional mammalian ischemic stroke models for drug screening are technically
challenging, laborious and time-consuming. In this study, using Ponatinib as an inducer, we …

[HTML][HTML] Novel blood-derived extracellular vesicle-based biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease identified by proximity extension assay

J Ellegaard Nielsen, K Sofie Pedersen, K Vestergård… - Biomedicines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Easily accessible biomarkers for Alzheimer's dementia (AD) are lacking and established
clinical markers are limited in applicability. Blood is a common biofluid for biomarker …

[HTML][HTML] Pericyte-Specific Secretome Profiling in Hypoxia Using TurboID in a Multicellular in Vitro Spheroid Model

A Enström, R Carlsson, C Buizza, M Lewi… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2024 - ASBMB
Cellular communication within the brain is imperative for maintaining homeostasis and
mounting effective responses to pathological triggers like hypoxia. However, a …

[HTML][HTML] Novel insight into the role of A-kinase anchoring proteins (AKAPs) in ischemic stroke and therapeutic potentials

Z He, L Xie, J Liu, X Wei, W Zhang, Z Mei - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2024 - Elsevier
Ischemic stroke, a devastating disease associated with high mortality and disability
worldwide, has emerged as an urgent public health issue. A-kinase anchoring proteins …

[HTML][HTML] Urokinase-type plasminogen activator is a modulator of synaptic plasticity in the central nervous system: implications for neurorepair in the ischemic brain

M Yepes - Neural Regeneration Research, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The last two decades have witnessed a rapid decrease in mortality due to acute cerebral
ischemia that paradoxically has led to a rapid increase in the number of patients that survive …

[HTML][HTML] Urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) regulates the expression and function of growth-associated protein 43 (GAP-43) in the synapse

P Merino, A Diaz, ER Torre, M Yepes - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2020 - ASBMB
Growth-associated protein 43 (GAP-43) plays a central role in the formation of presynaptic
terminals, synaptic plasticity, and axonal growth and regeneration. During development …

[HTML][HTML] Urokinase receptor regulates nerve regeneration through its interaction with α5β1-integrin

PS Klimovich, EV Semina, MN Karagyaur… - Biomedicine & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose Urokinase receptor (uPAR) promotes extracellular matrix proteolysis, regulates
adhesion and cell migration, transduces intracellular signals through interactions with the …