title: Newborn's fibrinolytic mechanism: components and plasmin generation.
abstract: Plasminogen activity and antigen, tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) activity and antigen, plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI) activity, and plasmin generation rates were determined in 32 normal newborn plasmas and 25 normal adult plasmas. The newborns showed reduced levels of plasminogen activity and antigen and tPA antigen, and activity, normal levels of PAI activity, and slower plasmin generation rates. The slower generation was shown to be due to the hypoplasminogenemia. The in vitro plasmin generation studies also showed that the newborn needed 11 times the usual concentration of urokinase and 5 times the usual concentration of tPA to achieve the minimal activation rate of the adult.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson 85724.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Corrigan
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Sleeth
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jeter
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Lox
mesh_terms: D002364:Caseins / Q000378:metabolism; D002863:Chromogenic Compounds; D005341:Fibrinolysin / Q000378:metabolism*; D005342:Fibrinolysis / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000097:blood*; D009842:Oligopeptides; D010958:Plasminogen / Q000378:metabolism; D015849:Plasminogen Inactivators / Q000097:blood; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D002364:Caseins; D002863:Chromogenic Compounds; D009842:Oligopeptides; D015849:Plasminogen Inactivators; C018788:valyl-leucyl-lysine 4-nitroanilide; D010958:Plasminogen; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator; D005341:Fibrinolysin