摘要
肝纤维化是肝脏对慢性损伤的一种修复反应,以细胞外基质(ECM)在肝内过多沉积为特征。尿激酶型纤溶酶原激活物(uPA)及其抑制物(PAI)是调节基质金属蛋白酶(MMP)活性和ECM降解的关键因素。uPA通过uPA-纤溶酶-MMP级联反应途径,最终可产生活化的纤溶酶和MMP,后两者是降解ECM的重要物质。因而调控uPA的表达,可能为肝纤维化的治疗提供新的途径。
Liver fibrosis is a hepatic wound-healing response to chronic injury, and is characterized by excessive ECM deposition in liver, uPA and its inhibitor play an important role in MMP activity regulation and ECM degradation, uPA activates MMP and plasmin through uPA-plasmin-MMP cascade reaction, which are the important substances in degradation of ECM. So regulation of uPA expression may provide a novel tool for the treatment of liver fibrosis.
出处
《国际消化病杂志》
CAS
2007年第5期364-366,共3页
International Journal of Digestive Diseases