"Protein C" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A vitamin-K dependent zymogen present in the blood, which, upon activation by thrombin and thrombomodulin exerts anticoagulant properties by inactivating factors Va and VIIIa at the rate-limiting steps of thrombin formation.
| Descriptor ID |
D011486
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.622.705 D12.776.124.650 D12.776.395.635 D23.113.700
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Protein C" by people in Profiles.
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Activated protein C and septic shock: a propensity-matched cohort study*. Crit Care Med. 2012 Nov; 40(11):2974-81.
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New treatment strategies for severe sepsis and septic shock. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2003 Oct; 9(5):390-6.
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Endothelial protein C activation in meningococcal sepsis. N Engl J Med. 2001 Dec 13; 345(24):1776; author reply 1777.
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Coagulation activation in extracorporeal hemodialysis. Int J Artif Organs. 1997 Mar; 20(3):163-5.
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[Coagulation in hemodialysis]. Minerva Med. 1996 Nov; 87(11):509-14.
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Thrombomodulin expression by human keratinocytes. Induction of cofactor activity during epidermal differentiation. J Clin Invest. 1994 Apr; 93(4):1846-51.