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A protein C deficiency exacerbates inflammatory and hypotensive responses in mice during polymicrobial sepsis in a cecal ligation and puncture model.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Oct 2004
Ganopolsky Jorge G, Castellino Francis J
Abstract excerpt
During the systemic inflammatory state induced by sepsis, the potential for coagulopathy exists because of up-regulation of natural procoagulants and anti-fibrinolytics, and down-regulation of natural anti-coagulants, with protein C (PC) being a critical example of the latter case. PC functions a...
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