Serpins
- Name
- Serpins
- Accession Number
- DBCAT000154
- Description
A family of serine proteinase inhibitors which are similar in amino acid sequence and mechanism of inhibition, but differ in their specificity toward proteolytic enzymes. This family includes alpha 1-antitrypsin, angiotensinogen, ovalbumin, antiplasmin, alpha 1-antichymotrypsin, thyroxine-binding protein, complement 1 inactivators, antithrombin III, heparin cofactor II, plasminogen inactivators, gene Y protein, placental plasminogen activator inhibitor, and barley Z protein. Some members of the serpin family may be substrates rather than inhibitors of SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES, and some serpins occur in plants where their function is not known.
- Drugs
Drug Drug Description Lepirudin A protein-based direct thrombin inhibitor used as an anticoagulant in patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. Alpha-1-proteinase inhibitor A purified form of human alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor used to treat emphysema patients with associated alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor deficiency. Human C1-esterase inhibitor A C1 inhibitor used to prevent angioedema attacks associated with hereditary angioedema. Conestat alfa A recombinant C1INH used for the treatment of acute attacks of hereditary angioedema (HAE) due to C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency in adults. Desirudin Indicated as prophylaxis of deep vein thrombosis for patients undergoing hip replacement surgery. CTB001 CTB001 is an anti-claudin 18.2 autologous chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy under investigation for the treatment of gastric cancers. - Drugs & Drug Targets