| Authors | Model | Plasmin(ogen) role | tPA role | uPA role | Fibrin dependent? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infection | |||||
| Nordstrand et al., 2001 | Plg−/− mice on C57Bl/6 background | Aids in infection by B. crocidurae | |||
| Gebbia et al., 1999 | Plg−/− mice on mixed 129/Black Swiss background | Increases bacterial load in inflammation in brains and hearts of mice treated with B. burgdorferi | |||
| Coleman et al., 1995 | Human umbilical vein endothelial cells | Aids in B. burgdorferi penetration of endothelium | |||
| Guo et al., 2011 | Plg−/−, tPA−/−, and uPA−/− mice on C57Bl/6 background | Aids in infection by S. aureus | Aids in infection by S. aureus | Aids in infection by S. aureus | |
| Berri et al., 2013 | Plg−/− mice on C57Bl/6 background | Aids in lung inflammation in response to infection with H5N1 and H1N1 viruses | Yes | ||
| Stie and Fox, 2012a, 2012b | Primary cultured BMEC | Used by the fungus C. neoformans to invade its host | Upregulated in response to C. neoformans infection | ||
| González-Miguel et al., 2019 | Wistar rats | Enhanced generation in response to parasite F. hepatica infection | |||
| Silva et al., 2019 | Plg−/− and Fbg−/− mice on C57Bl/6 background | Necessary for macrophage migration in sterile peritonitis | Yes | ||
| Neurological disease | |||||
| Tsirka et al., 1997a, 1997b | C57Bl/6 mice | Regulates neuronal death in response to acute kainate injection | Regulates microglial activation and neuronal death in response to acute kainate injection | No | |
| Hultman et al., 2014 | Plg−/− mice on a C57Bl/6 background | Promotes neuroinflammation in response to acute LPS challenge | No | ||
| Baker et al., 2019 | C57Bl/6 mice | Recruits perivascular macrophage migration and microglial activation in response to peripheral LPS challenge | |||
| Paul et al., 2007 | Plg−/− AD mice | Contributes to neurovascular damage in a mouse model of AD | Yes | ||
| Shaw et al., 2017 | Plg−/− mice on a C57Bl/6 background | Promotes demyelination in EAE model | Yes | ||
| Baker et al., 2018 | Tg6799 mice | Promotes neuroinflammation and AD pathology | |||
| Siao and Tsirka, 2002 | tPA−/− mice on a C57Bl/6 background | Promotes microglial activation in response to LPS | |||
| East et al., 2005; Dahl et al., 2016 | tPA−/− mice on a C57Bl/6 background | Protects against early onset and severe demyelination in EAE model | Yes | ||
| Lenglet et al., 2014 | 129/SvEV mice | Increases inflammation following stroke | No | ||
| Arthritis | |||||
| Li et al., 2005 | uPA−/− and Plg−/− mice on a C57Bl/6 background | Promotes joint inflammation in systemic collagen type II–induced arthritis | Promotes joint inflammation in collagen type II–induced arthritis | ||
| Raghu et al., 2014 | Plg−/− mice on a C57Bl/6 background | Prevents joint inflammation in small joints and promotes inflammation in large joints in a monoarticular TNF-α arthritis model | Yes | ||
| Cook et al., 2010 | uPA−/− mice on a C57Bl/6 background | Necessary for systemic arthritis development | |||
| De Nardo et al., 2010 | uPA−/− mice on a C57Bl/6 background | Limits susceptibility to monoarticular arthritis | Yes | ||
| Other | |||||
| Das et al., 2013 | Plg−/− mice on a C57Bl/6 background | Promotes atherosclerosis progression via regulation of foam cell formation | |||
| DeFilippis et al., 2016 | Humans with myocardial infarction | Binds to OxPLs to regulate inflammation in myocardial infarction events | Yes | ||
| Swaisgood et al., 2007 | Plg−/− mice on a C57Bl/6 background | Promotes mucus production and immune cell recruitment into lungs of ovalbumin-induced asthma model | |||
| Li et al., 2011 | BALB/c mice | Plasminogen is decreased and plasmin is increased in psoriatic lesions, promoting upregulation of chemokines | |||
| Authors | Model | Plasmin(ogen) role | tPA role | uPA role | Fibrin dependent? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aids in infection by | |||||
| Increases bacterial load in inflammation in brains and hearts of mice treated with | |||||
| Human umbilical vein endothelial cells | Aids in | ||||
| Aids in infection by | Aids in infection by | Aids in infection by | |||
| Aids in lung inflammation in response to infection with H5N1 and H1N1 viruses | Yes | ||||
| Primary cultured BMEC | Used by the fungus | Upregulated in response to | |||
| Wistar rats | Enhanced generation in response to parasite | ||||
| Necessary for macrophage migration in sterile peritonitis | Yes | ||||
| C57Bl/6 mice | Regulates neuronal death in response to acute kainate injection | Regulates microglial activation and neuronal death in response to acute kainate injection | No | ||
| Promotes neuroinflammation in response to acute LPS challenge | No | ||||
| C57Bl/6 mice | Recruits perivascular macrophage migration and microglial activation in response to peripheral LPS challenge | ||||
| Contributes to neurovascular damage in a mouse model of AD | Yes | ||||
| Promotes demyelination in EAE model | Yes | ||||
| Tg6799 mice | Promotes neuroinflammation and AD pathology | ||||
| Promotes microglial activation in response to LPS | |||||
| Protects against early onset and severe demyelination in EAE model | Yes | ||||
| 129/SvEV mice | Increases inflammation following stroke | No | |||
| Promotes joint inflammation in systemic collagen type II–induced arthritis | Promotes joint inflammation in collagen type II–induced arthritis | ||||
| Prevents joint inflammation in small joints and promotes inflammation in large joints in a monoarticular TNF-α arthritis model | Yes | ||||
| Necessary for systemic arthritis development | |||||
| Limits susceptibility to monoarticular arthritis | Yes | ||||
| Promotes atherosclerosis progression via regulation of foam cell formation | |||||
| Humans with myocardial infarction | Binds to OxPLs to regulate inflammation in myocardial infarction events | Yes | |||
| Promotes mucus production and immune cell recruitment into lungs of ovalbumin-induced asthma model | |||||
| BALB/c mice | Plasminogen is decreased and plasmin is increased in psoriatic lesions, promoting upregulation of chemokines | ||||
Note that fibrinogen dependence is indicated only if it was specifically studied in the particular experiment described. BMEC, brain microvascular endothelial cells.
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