Inhibition of plasmin-mediated TAFI activation may affect development but not progression of abdominal aortic aneurysms

Katherine Bridge; Charlotte Revill; Fraser Macrae; Marc Bailey; Nadira Yuldasheva; Stephen Wheatcroft; Roger Butlin; Richard Foster; D. Julian Scott; Ann Gils; Robert Ariёns

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0177117

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Inhibition of plasmin-mediated TAFI activation may affect development but not progression of abdominal aortic aneurysms

Katherine Bridge,

Affiliations Thrombosis and Tissue Repair Group, Division of Cardiovascular and Diabetes Research, Leeds institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, The Leeds Vascular Institute, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Charlotte Revill,

Affiliation School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Fraser Macrae,

Affiliation Thrombosis and Tissue Repair Group, Division of Cardiovascular and Diabetes Research, Leeds institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Marc Bailey,

Affiliations Thrombosis and Tissue Repair Group, Division of Cardiovascular and Diabetes Research, Leeds institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, The Leeds Vascular Institute, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Nadira Yuldasheva,

Affiliation Thrombosis and Tissue Repair Group, Division of Cardiovascular and Diabetes Research, Leeds institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Stephen Wheatcroft,

Affiliation Thrombosis and Tissue Repair Group, Division of Cardiovascular and Diabetes Research, Leeds institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Roger Butlin,

Affiliation School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Richard Foster,

Affiliation School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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D. Julian Scott,

Affiliations Thrombosis and Tissue Repair Group, Division of Cardiovascular and Diabetes Research, Leeds institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, The Leeds Vascular Institute, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Ann Gils,

Affiliation KU Leuven- University of Leuven, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Laboratory for Therapeutic and Diagnostic Antibodies, Leuven, Belgium
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Robert Ariёns

* E-mail: r.a.s.ariens@leeds.ac.uk

Affiliation Thrombosis and Tissue Repair Group, Division of Cardiovascular and Diabetes Research, Leeds institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Inhibition of plasmin-mediated TAFI activation may affect development but not progression of abdominal aortic aneurysms

Katherine Bridge,
Charlotte Revill,
Fraser Macrae,
Marc Bailey,
Nadira Yuldasheva,
Stephen Wheatcroft,
Roger Butlin,
Richard Foster,
D. Julian Scott,
Ann Gils

Published: May 4, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177117

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