Biologically Active Substance
plasminogen inactivators
Subclass of:
Blood Coagulation Factor; Serpins
Definitions related to plasminogen inactivators:
  • Important modulators of the activity of plasminogen activators. The inhibitors belong to the serpin family of proteins and inhibit both the tissue-type and urokinase-type plasminogen activators.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (plasminogen activator inhibitor) A member of the serpin family of serine protease inhibitor proteins that inhibits plasminogen activator type proteases.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (plasminogen activator inhibitor) Synthesized and secreted locally from vascular endothelial cells; primary physiologic inhibitor of tissue plasminogen activator; also inhibits urokinase; implicated in thrombotic and hemorrhagic disorders.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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