Items for "kallikrein-kinin system"

Platelets promote coagulation factor XII-mediated proteolytic cascade systems in plasma

Blood coagulation factor XII (FXII, Hageman factor) is a plasma serine protease which is autoactivated following contact with negatively charged surfaces in a reaction involving plasma kallikrein and high-molecular-weight kininogen (contact phase activation)...

Keywords: bradykinin, Coagulation, inflammation, kallikrein-kinin system, plasma proteins, proteolysis