Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Efficacy and safety of next-generation tick transcriptome-derived direct thrombin inhibitors

  • Cho Yeow Koh,
  • Norrapat Shih,
  • Christina Y. C. Yip,
  • Aaron Wei Liang Li,
  • Weiming Chen,
  • Fathiah S. Amran,
  • Esther Jia En Leong,
  • Janaki Krishnamoorthy Iyer,
  • Grace Croft,
  • Muhammad Ibrahim Bin Mazlan,
  • Yen-Lin Chee,
  • Eng-Soo Yap,
  • Dougald M. Monroe,
  • Maureane Hoffman,
  • Richard C. Becker,
  • Dominique P. V. de Kleijn,
  • Vaishali Verma,
  • Amita Gupta,
  • Vijay K. Chaudhary,
  • A. Mark Richards,
  • R. Manjunatha Kini,
  • Mark Y. Chan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27275-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Bleeding complications limits the use of effective antithrombotics therapeutics. Here, the authors developed next-generation direct thrombin inhibitors with low bleeding risks as safe peri-percutaneous coronary intervention anticoagulants when used in combination with antiplatelets.