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Differential neuroprotection and risk for bleeding from activated protein C with varying degrees of anticoagulant activity.
Stroke - 1 May 2009
Wang Yaoming, Thiyagarajan Meenakshisundaram, Chow Nienwen, Singh Itender, Guo Huang, Davis Thomas P, Zlokovic Berislav V
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Activated protein C (APC), a protease with anticoagulant and cytoprotective activities, protects neurons and endothelium from ischemic injury. Drotrecogin-alfa activated, a hyperanticoagulant form of human recombinant APC, is currently being studied in patients with ischemic stroke. How changes in APC anticoagulant activity influence APC's neuroprotection and risk for bleeding is not...
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