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Species-dependent neuroprotection by activated protein C mutants with reduced anticoagulant activity.
Journal of neurochemistry - 1 Apr 2009
Guo Huang, Wang Yaoming, Singh Itender, Liu Dong, Fernández José A, Griffin John H, Chow Nienwen, Zlokovic Berislav V
Abstract excerpt
Activated protein C (APC) is a protease with anticoagulant and cytoprotective activities. APC is neuroprotective in rodent models of stroke. But, an APC variant with reduced anticoagulant activity, 3K3A-APC, compared to wild-type APC shows greater neuroprotection with no risk for bleeding in stroke models. To determine whether 3K3A-APC exhibits species-dependent neuroprotection similar to that as seen with...
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