Mechanisms of anticoagulant and cytoprotective actions of the protein C pathway

EAM Bouwens, F Stavenuiter… - Journal of Thrombosis …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The protein C pathway provides multiple important functions to maintain a regulated balance
between hemostasis and host defense systems in response to vascular and inflammatory …

The cytoprotective protein C pathway

LO Mosnier, BV Zlokovic, JH Griffin - Blood, 2007 - ashpublications.org
Protein C is best known for its mild deficiency associated with venous thrombosis risk and
severe deficiency associated with neonatal purpura fulminans. Activated protein C (APC) …

Protein C anticoagulant system—anti-inflammatory effects

CT Esmon - Seminars in immunopathology, 2012 - Springer
Activated protein C (APC) plays active roles in preventing progression of a number of
disease processes. These include thrombosis due to its direct anticoagulant activity which is …

Regulation of the protein C anticoagulant and antiinflammatory pathways

AR Rezaie - Current medicinal chemistry, 2010 - ingentaconnect.com
Protein C is a vitamin K-dependent anticoagulant serine protease zymogen in plasma which
upon activation by the thrombin-thrombomodulin complex down-regulates the coagulation …

Novel mechanisms for activated protein C cytoprotective activities involving noncanonical activation of protease-activated receptor 3

L Burnier, LO Mosnier - Blood, The Journal of the American …, 2013 - ashpublications.org
The direct cytoprotective activities of activated protein C (APC) on cells convey therapeutic,
relevant, beneficial effects in injury and disease models in vivo and require the endothelial …

Protein C anticoagulant and cytoprotective pathways

JH Griffin, BV Zlokovic, LO Mosnier - International journal of hematology, 2012 - Springer
Plasma protein C is a serine protease zymogen that is transformed into the active, trypsin-
like protease, activated protein C (APC), which can exert multiple activities. For its …

Protease-activated receptor-1 signaling by activated protein C in cytokine-perturbed endothelial cells is distinct from thrombin signaling

M Riewald, W Ruf - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2005 - ASBMB
Activated protein C (APC) has anti-inflammatory and vascular protective effects independent
of anticoagulation. We previously identified the prototypical thrombin receptor, protease …

Protective mechanisms of activated protein C in severe inflammatory disorders

AP Neyrinck, KD Liu, JP Howard… - British journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The protein C system is an important natural anticoagulant mechanism mediated by
activated protein C (APC) that regulates the activity of factors VIIIa and Va. Besides well …

PAR1 cleavage and signaling in response to activated protein C and thrombin

MJ Ludeman, H Kataoka, Y Srinivasan… - Journal of Biological …, 2005 - ASBMB
Activated protein C (APC), a natural anticoagulant protease, can trigger cellular responses
via protease-activated receptor-1 (PAR1), a G protein-coupled receptor for thrombin …

Protective signaling by activated protein C is mechanistically linked to protein C activation on endothelial cells

C Feistritzer, RA Schuepbach, LO Mosnier… - Journal of biological …, 2006 - ASBMB
Activated protein C (APC) has endothelial barrier protective effects that require binding to
endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR) and cleavage of protease activated receptor-1 …