title: Serum PGI2-regulating factors in acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: Human serum or plasma contains two factors which regulate PGI2 metabolism. The one is "PGI2-synthesis stimulating factor" which stimulates PGI2 synthesis in the vessel wall. The other is "PGI2-stabilizing factor" which stabilizes PGI2 in the blood. In the very early phase of acute myocardial infarction, the serum levels of these two factors were significantly reduced, which may be related to the thrombus formation in the coronary artery in acute myocardial infarction.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yui
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aoyama
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Murohara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takatsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Susawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yui
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kawai
mesh_terms: D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D011464:Epoprostenol / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D011464:Epoprostenol