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Investigation Of Cofactor Activities Of Endothelial Microparticle- Thrombomodulin With Liposomal Surrogate, Valentinas Gruzdys, Lin Wang, Dan Wang, Rachel Huang, Xue-Long Sun
Investigation Of Cofactor Activities Of Endothelial Microparticle- Thrombomodulin With Liposomal Surrogate, Valentinas Gruzdys, Lin Wang, Dan Wang, Rachel Huang, Xue-Long Sun
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Thrombomodulin (TM) is a type I transmembrane glycoprotein mainly expressed on the endothelial cells, where it binds thrombin to form the thrombin-TM complex that can activate protein C and thrombin-activable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) and induce anticoagulant and anti-fibrinolytic reactions, respec-tively. Cell activation and injury often sheds microparticles that contain membrane TM, which circulate in biofluids like blood. However, the biological function of circulating microparticle-TM is still unknown even though it has been recognized as a biomarker of endothelial cell injury and damage. In comparison with cell membrane, different phospholipids are exposed on the microparticle surface due to cell membrane "flip-flop"upon …
The Low-Resolution Structure Of Nascent High Density Lipoprotein Reconstituted With Dmpc With And Without Cholesterol Reveals A Mechanism For Particle Expansion, Valentin Gogonea, Gary S. Gerstenecker, Zhiping Wu, Xavier Lee, Celalettin Topbas, Matthew A. Wagner, Thomas C. Tallant, Jonathan D. Smith, Phil Callow, Vitaliy Pipich, Helen Malet, Guy Schoehn, Joseph A. Didonato, Stanley L. Hazen
The Low-Resolution Structure Of Nascent High Density Lipoprotein Reconstituted With Dmpc With And Without Cholesterol Reveals A Mechanism For Particle Expansion, Valentin Gogonea, Gary S. Gerstenecker, Zhiping Wu, Xavier Lee, Celalettin Topbas, Matthew A. Wagner, Thomas C. Tallant, Jonathan D. Smith, Phil Callow, Vitaliy Pipich, Helen Malet, Guy Schoehn, Joseph A. Didonato, Stanley L. Hazen
Chemistry Faculty Publications
High density lipoproteins (HDL) are athero-protective particles under investigation as potential therapeutic agents for cardiovascular disease. We applied small angle neutron scattering (SANS) with contrast variation to obtain the low resolution structure of nascent HDL (nHDL) reconstituted with dimyristoyl phosphatidyl choline (DMPC), apoA1:DMPC (1:80, mol:mol). The overall shape of the entire particle is discoidal, with low resolution architecture of apoA1 visualized as an open, contorted, and slightly out of plane structure with three arms, while the low resolution shape of the lipid phase is an oblate ellipsoid that fits well within the protein shape. Modeling studies incorporating the SANS data …