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The Importance of Correct Protein Concentration for Kinetics and Affinity Determination in Structure-function Analysis
Published on: March 17, 2010
Levels of protein C and activated protein C: what do they mean?
1Erasmus MC, Sophia Children's Hospital, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. j.a.hazelzet@erasmusmc.nl
Abstract:
Acute pancreatitis is a local inflammatory process that leads to a systemic inflammatory response in the majority of cases, and sometimes leads to multiple organ failure. It is obvious that coagulation and especially the protein C system are involved in this disease. The present commentary is related to a study in patients with pancreatitis with and without multiple organ failure in which protein C and activated protein C levels were studied. The protein C system and other studies analyzing (activated) protein C levels are discussed.
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