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Physiologic and pharmacologic implications of fibrinolysis. 1979

H C Kwaan

According to the thrombogenetic (encrustation) theory of atherogenesis first postulated by Rokitansky, accretions of blood components including fibrin and platelets may be the initial event. Since fibrinolysis has a profound influence on the resolution of fibrin deposits, the role of fibrinolysis in atherogenesis is discussed. Evidences supporting this role include the demonstration of inhibitors of fibrinolysis, decreased circulating fibrinolytic activity in patients who are atherosclerotic, and inhibition of circulating fibrinolytic activity by several atherosclerosis-risk factors such as increasing age, cigarette smoking, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia and diabetes mellitus. It is concluded that a combination of systemic inhibitions of fibrinolysis over a long-term period and a local vascular injury, play a decided role in atherogenesis.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010960	Plasminogen Activators	A heterogeneous group of proteolytic enzymes that convert PLASMINOGEN to FIBRINOLYSIN. They are concentrated in the lysosomes of most cells and in the vascular endothelium, particularly in the vessels of the microcirculation.	Extrinsic Plasminogen Activators,Plasminogen Activator,Uterine-Tissue Plasminogen Activator,Uterine Tissue Plasminogen Activator
D004195	Disease Models, Animal	Naturally-occurring or experimentally-induced animal diseases with pathological processes analogous to human diseases.	Animal Disease Model,Animal Disease Models,Disease Model, Animal
D005342	Fibrinolysis	The natural enzymatic dissolution of FIBRIN.	Fibrinolyses
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001161	Arteriosclerosis	Thickening and loss of elasticity of the walls of ARTERIES of all sizes. There are many forms classified by the types of lesions and arteries involved, such as ATHEROSCLEROSIS with fatty lesions in the ARTERIAL INTIMA of medium and large muscular arteries.	Arterioscleroses
D012306	Risk	The probability that an event will occur. It encompasses a variety of measures of the probability of a generally unfavorable outcome.	Relative Risk,Relative Risks,Risk, Relative,Risks,Risks, Relative