Serine Protease Inhibitor Serp-1 Strongly Impairs Atherosclerotic Lesion Formation and Induces a Stable Plaque Phenotype in ApoE −/− Mice
- 5 September 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation Research
- Vol. 93 (5) , 464-471
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.res.0000090993.01633.d4
Abstract
The myxoma virus protein Serp-1 is a member of the serine protease inhibitor superfamily. Serp-1 potently inhibits human serum proteases including plasmin, urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA...Keywords
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