Endogenous protein C inhibits activation of coagulation and transiently lowers bacterial outgrowth in murine Escherichia coli peritonitis

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1072-1074

  Schouten, M ^a   Van'T Veer, C ^a   Levi, M ^b   Esmon, C T ^c   Van Der Poll, T ^a,b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BLOOD CLOTTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FIBRIN FORMATION; FIBRINOLYSIS; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FIBRIN; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PERITONITIS; PROTEIN C; RATS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955645894     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2011.04199.x     Document Type: Letter

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