The Cardioprotective Signaling Activity of Activated Protein C in Heart Failure and Ischemic Heart Diseases

Activated protein C (APC) is a vitamin-K dependent plasma serine protease, which functions as a natural anticoagulant to downregulate thrombin generation in the clotting cascade. APC also modulates cellular homeostasis by exhibiting potent cytoprotective and anti-inflammatory signaling activities. T...

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Main Authors: Di Ren, Hemant Giri, Ji Li, Alireza R. Rezaie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-04-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/7/1762