Article
Heparin chain-length dependence of factor Xa inhibition by antithrombin in plasma.
Thrombosis research - 1 Jan 2007
Rezaie Alireza R
Abstract excerpt
Heparin anticoagulants function by enhancing the inhibition of coagulation proteases by the serpin antithrombin (AT). A direct evaluation of the specific anti-factor Xa (fXa) activity of therapeutic heparins in the physiologically relevant plasma-based clotting assays has not been feasible since thrombin, the final protease of the cascade, is the primary target for inhibition by AT in the presence of heparin. To...
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