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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cell Tissue Res. 2012 May 22;351(2):309–323. doi: 10.1007/s00441-012-1439-z

Table 2.

Protease inhibitors and human disease (adapted from Quesada et al. 2009)

Inhibitor Disease
α1 Antitrypsin Thrombosis, emphysema
A1-Antichymotrypsin Vascular disease
Kallistatin Pancreatitis
Angiotensinogen Hypertension, hypotension
Protein Z-dependent protease inhibitor Venous thrombosis
Vaspin Diabetes
Maspin Cancer progression
Megsin IgA nephropathy
Antithrombin II Venous thrombosis
Heparin cofactor II Venous thrombosis
Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 Bleeding disorders,
myocardial infarction
Pigment epithelium-derived factor Age-related macular disease