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Engineering a disulfide bond to stabilize the calcium-binding loop of activated protein C eliminates its anticoagulant but not its protective signaling properties.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 23 Mar 2007
Bae Jong-Sup, Yang Likui, Manithody Chandrashekhara, Rezaie Alireza R
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In addition to an anticoagulant activity, activated protein C (APC) also exhibits anti-inflammatory and cytoprotective properties. These properties may contribute to the beneficial effect of APC in treating severe sepsis patients. A higher incidence of bleeding because of its anticoagulant function has been found to be a major drawback of APC as an effective anti-inflammatory drug. In this study, we have prepared...
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