Blood, 1953, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 324-328.
© 1953 American Society of Hematology, Inc.
Antifibrinolytic Activity in Plasma after Exposure to Cold
and after Chymotrypsin Administration
H. JENSEN PH.D.1,
DAVID L. CHAMOVITZ M.D.1,
EVELYN VOLKRINGER 1,
ELIZABETH GRAY B.A.1,
JAMES E. GOSNEY B.S.1, and
WALTER KOCHOLATY PH.D.1
1 Department of Biochemistry, Army Medical Research Laboratory, Fort
Knox, Ky.
Exposure of rats and of human subjects to cold was associated with an elevation of the antifibrinolytic activity of blood. Administration of chymotrypsin
to rats and rabbits caused a decrease in the antifibrinolytic activity of blood
The possible significance of these and earlier observations on the fibrinolysis
antifibrinolysis system in blood is discussed.
Submitted on August 18, 1952
Accepted on October 27, 1952