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Plasma levels of endothelial protein C receptor respond to anticoagulant treatment.
Blood - 15 Jan 2002
Stearns-Kurosawa Deborah J, Swindle Kandice, D'Angelo Armando, Della Valle Patrizia, Fattorini Annalisa, Caron Nathalie, Grimaux Marc, Woodhams Barry, Kurosawa Shinichiro
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The endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR) facilitates protein C activation and plays a protective role in the response to Escherichia coli-mediated sepsis in primates. Previously, a soluble form of EPCR (sEPCR) in human plasma was characterized, and several studies indicated that generation of sEPCR is regulated by inflammatory mediators, including thrombin-mediated up-regulation of surface metalloproteolytic...
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