Journal: The Korean Journal of Hematology
Article Title: Elevated levels of activated and inactivated thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor in patients with sepsis
doi: 10.5045/kjh.2010.45.4.264
Figure Lengend Snippet: Thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) isoforms in plasma. Thrombin/thrombomodulin or plasmin can activate TAFI (zymogen, 60 kDa), yielding TAFIa (active form, 35 kDa). Subsequently, TAFIa is thermally inactivated (triangle) to TAFIai (shaded). All 3 TAFI isoforms, TAFI, TAFIa, and TAFIai, are found in plasma. TAFIa/ai-specific ELISA measured only TAFIa and TAFIai, not TAFI.
Article Snippet: SuperBlock Blocking Buffer, Nunc Maxisorp 96-well black fluorescence microtiter plates, sodium carbonate-bicarbonate buffer (pH 9.4), and ELISA pico-chemiluminescent HRP substrate (ECL solution) were from Thermo Scientific (Hudson, NH, USA).
Techniques: Clinical Proteomics, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay