Method to enhance thrombomodulin APC generation using cationic proteins

摘要

A method of inhibiting blood coagulation in a patient is provided. This method involves administering to the patient an effective anticoagulant amount of a cationic protein; wherein the cationic protein has an isoelectric point of at least about 7.4, and is capable of enhancing the production of activated protein C by a thrombomodulin-thrombin complex by a factor of at least about two. A particularly preferred cationic protein is purified Platelet Factor 4.