Article
APC resistance: biological basis and acquired influences.
Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH - 1 Mar 2010
Castoldi E, Rosing J
Abstract excerpt
Proteolytic inactivation of factors Va (FVa) and VIIIa (FVIIIa) by activated protein C (APC) and its cofactors protein S and factor V (FV) is a key process in the physiological down-regulation of blood coagulation. Functional abnormalities of this pathway, which manifest themselves in vitro as a poor anticoagulant response of plasma to added APC (APC resistance), are prevalent in the general population and are...
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