Physiological and pathological roles of tissue plasminogen activator and its inhibitor neuroserpin in the nervous system

Although its roles in the vascular space are most well known, tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is widely expressed in the developing and adult nervous system, where its activity is believed to be regulated by neuroserpin, a predominantly brain-specific member of the serpin family of protease inhib...

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Main Authors: Tet Woo eLee, Vicky W K Tsang, Nigel Peter Birch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2015.00396/full