SDS
Chicken Tissue factor pathway inhibitor ELISA kit
Catalog #: E12T0509
Sample Type: Biological samples

 

Other Names

Tissue factor pathway inhibitor-1; convertin; EPI; Extrinsic pathway inhibitor; LACI; Lipoprotein associated coagulation inhibitor; TFI; TFPI 1; TFPI1; Tissue factor pathway inhibitor

Research Area

Cardiovascular, Cell Biology

Background

TFPI is a protease inhibitor that regulates the tissue factor (TF)-dependent pathway of blood coagulation. The coagulation process initiates with the formation of a factor VIIa-TF complex, which proteolytically activates additional proteases (factors IX and X) and ultimately leads to the formation of a fibrin clot. TFPI inhibits the activated factor X and VIIa-TF proteases in an autoregulatory loop. TFPI is glycosylated and predominantly found in the vascular endothelium and plasma in both free forms and complexed with plasma lipoproteins.