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“The interaction between rtPA and L-arginine may be leading to the production of nitric oxide, which can cause direct neurotoxicity, altered cerebral blood flow, and disruption of the neurovascular unit.”
Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism • 2010 | View Paper
“Pretreating the samples with arginine decreased or abolished immunofluorescence staining for PAI-1 and t-PA , but not for VN.”
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN • 1996 | View Paper
“Results After exposing the cultured mouse retinal cells to tPA plus L-arginine or L-arginine alone, cyclic-GMP concentrations were 61.9 ± 5.1 pmole/mL and 63.1 ± 6.1 pmole/mL, respectively.”