title: Fibrinogen-fibrin system regulators from bloodsuckers.
abstract: Thrombin inhibitors from bloodsucking leeches and insects that block conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin are considered. Regulatory mechanisms influencing the fibrinogen-fibrin system in leeches include fibrinogen degradation, inhibition of factor XIIIa, and lysis of fibrin clots. The review also summarizes recent data on plasminogen activator from the vampire bat Desmodus rotundus and a role of fibrin as its cofactor.
authors.affiliation: Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, Moscow, 117997, Russia. leech@humgen.siobc.ras.ru
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Zavalova
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Basanova
authors.forename: I P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Baskova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy; D002685:Chiroptera; D026122:Factor XIIIa / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D005337:Fibrin / Q000378:metabolism*; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D005342:Fibrinolysis / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007865:Leeches / Q000378:metabolism*; D013696:Temperature; D013917:Thrombin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D005337:Fibrin; D005340:Fibrinogen; D026122:Factor XIIIa; D013917:Thrombin