Protein C
"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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Below are the most recent publications written about "Protein C" by people in Profiles.
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Prosser A, Amos L, Sharma M. Novel prenatal diagnosis of protein C deficiency and primary prophylaxis with protein C concentrate. Thromb Res. 2021 Dec; 208:145-147.
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Manco-Johnson MJ, Marlar RA, Jacobson LJ, Hays T, Warady BA. Severe protein C deficiency in newborn infants. J Pediatr. 1988 Aug; 113(2):359-63.