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  • Title: Effects of hirudin (thrombin specific inhibitor) in zebrafish embryos: a developmental role for thrombin.
    Author: Jagadeeswaran P, Liu YC, Eddy CA.
    Journal: Blood Cells Mol Dis; 1997 Dec; 23(3):410-4. PubMed ID: 9446755.
    Abstract:
    To address the role of thrombin in early embryogenesis, hirudin, a thrombin specific inhibitor was microinjected into developing zebrafish embryos to inhibit the temporal activity of thrombin during early embryonic development. We found that the fibrin forming activity is inhibited by the presence of hirudin. We also found that hirudin affects development in zebrafish embryos suggesting thrombin's role in early embryogenesis. This ability to inhibit thrombin activity in developing embryos should facilitate studies on identifying signal transduction pathways affected by thrombin during embryogenesis.
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