Thrombin cleaves and activates the protease-activated receptor 2 dependent on thrombomodulin co-receptor availability
Dorothea M. Heuberger, Alessandro G. Franchini, Jerzy Madon, Reto Andreas Schuepbach
This study shows thrombin cleaves PAR2 in a TM-dependent manner, leading to NF-κB activation and interleukin-8 release, suggesting a pro-inflammatory role for TM.
Thrombosis Research · Feb 28, 2019Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology