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Acute inflammation is exacerbated in mice genetically predisposed to a severe protein C deficiency.
Blood - 1 Mar 2007
Lay Angelina J, Donahue Deborah, Tsai Meng-Ju, Castellino Francis J
Abstract excerpt
The anticoagulant, activated protein C (aPC), possesses antithrombotic, profibrinolytic, anti-inflammatory, and antiapoptotic properties, and the level of this protein is an important marker of acute inflammatory responses. Although infusion of aPC improves survival in a subset of patients with s...
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