Conformations of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) orchestrate neuronal survival by a crosstalk between EGFR and NMDAR
Tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) is a pleiotropic serine protease of the central nervous system (CNS) with reported neurotrophic and neurotoxic functions. Produced and released under its single chain form (sc), the sc-tPA can be cleaved by plasmin or kallikrein in a two chain form, tc-tPA. Al...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2015
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4632317/ |