Thrombin and its protease-activated receptor 1 (PAR1) are potentially important in peripheral nerve inflammatory diseases. We studied the role of thrombin and PAR1 in rat experimental autoimmune neuritis (EAN), a model of the human Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). EAN was induced
Diabetic neuropathy is common and disabling despite glycemic control. Novel neuroprotective approaches are needed. Thrombin and hypercoagulability are associated with diabetes and nerve conduction dysfunction. Our aim was to study the role of thrombin in diabetic neuropathy. We measured thrombin
Thrombin is a coagulation factor implicated in various pathological and physiological processes in the brain, exerting beneficial and deleterious effects in a concentration-dependent manner. Measurement of thrombin activity levels in pathological animal models is needed and in some cases, because
Journal of neuroscience research, 99(3), 966-976 (2020-12-10)
Many coagulation factor proteases are increased in the brain during ischemic stroke. One of these proteases is plasmin. In this study we established a novel method for direct quantitative measurement of plasmin activity in male mouse brain slices using a
International journal of molecular sciences, 21(7) (2020-04-05)
Neural inflammation is linked to coagulation. Low levels of thrombin have a neuroprotective effect, mediated by activated protein C (APC). We describe a sensitive novel method for the measurement of APC activity at the low concentrations found in neural tissue.
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