Title : Evidence that heparin but not hirudin reduces PAI-1 expression in cultured human endothelial cells.

Pub. Date : 1999 May 1

PMID : 10326760






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1 Evidence that heparin but not hirudin reduces PAI-1 expression in cultured human endothelial cells. Heparin serpin family E member 1 Homo sapiens
2 We have analyzed the effect of unfractionated heparin (UFH) and hirudin on PAI-1 gene expression in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). Heparin serpin family E member 1 Homo sapiens
3 The addition of UFH (10 or 100 IU/ml) to endotoxin-stimulated HUVEC also reduced the increased PAI-1 mRNA and antigen secretion (45%), whereas no effect could be observed with hirudin. Heparin serpin family E member 1 Homo sapiens
4 Our results suggest that UFH, but not hirudin, by reducing the endothelial expression of PAI-1 might have a profibrinolytic effect. Heparin serpin family E member 1 Homo sapiens