title: Cathepsin A activity of a parietal thrombus of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
abstract: We evaluated the cathepsin A activity of a parietal thrombus of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. We compared this activity to that of a retracted blood clot homogenate. Cathepsin A of aneurysm parietal thrombus homogenate and blood clot homogenate showed the highest activity on Z-Phe-Ala. It was lower on Z-Phe-Phe, Z-Glu-Tyr, Z-Glu-Phe, Z-Gly-Phe, and the lowest activity was on Z-Gly-Ala. We conclude that cathepsin A's activity on a parietal thrombus of an aneurysm is much higher than blood clot cathepsin A activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery and Transplantology, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland. martasiergiejuk1983@o2.pl
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siergiejuk
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gacko
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Worowska
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000601:surgery; D043402:Cathepsin A / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D043402:Cathepsin A