Journal: Bioengineering & Translational Medicine
Article Title: Micrometer‐scale tPA beads amplify plasmin generation for enhanced thrombolytic therapy
doi: 10.1002/btm2.70012
Figure Lengend Snippet: Plasmin generation of tPA beads. Plasmin generation was measured using chromogenic substrate S‐2251, glu‐plasminogen, and 2.25 mU/mL tPA activity with (a) free tPA, (b) 0.1 μm t‐PA beads, or (c) 1 μm tPA beads and its co‐factors fibrinogen or fibrin degradation product (FDP) at 37°C. Each line and shaded region represent the average and standard deviation of n = 3. (d) Slope of the reaction curves at 50% of the maximum absorbance for each condition. Bars and error bars represent the average and standard deviation of n = 3. * p < 0.001 represents the significant difference between matching tPA conditions for a given co‐factor (comparison of grouped blue, orange, and green bars). Δ p < 0.001 represents the significant difference between co‐factors for a given tPA condition (comparison of like colored bars).
Article Snippet: Purified human lys‐plasmin (cat# IHUPLMLYS1MG) and plasmin chromogenic substrate (cat# IAFPLMCGSLY25MG) were obtained from Innovative Research (Novi, MI).
Techniques: Activity Assay, Standard Deviation, Comparison