Changes in Blood Viscosity With Synthetic Protease Inhibitors

Autor: Masahito Hitosugi, Munehiro Niwa, Tomoyoshi Takahashi, Akira Kurosu, Hirohisa Nihei, Toshiaki Nagai, Shogo Tokudome
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, Vol 91, Iss 4, Pp 334-336 (2003)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1347-8613
DOI: 10.1254/S1347-8613(19)32717-3
Popis: We examined the effects on whole blood viscosity and coagulation time of various dosages of the synthetic low-molecular protease inhibitors gabexate mesilate and nafamostat mesilate with an oscillation-type viscometer. When either agent was added, blood viscosity decreased dose-dependently along a sigmoid-like curve. Furthermore, coagulation time was shorter with gabexate mesilate than with nafamostat mesilate owing to the differences of half-life in human blood. Thrombin generation, which results from the activation of coagulation factors, is inhibited by synthetic protease inhibitors and subsequently decreases blood viscosity dose-dependently.
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