IMPROVED HEPATIC MICROCIRCULATION BY HUMAN SOLUBLE URINARY THROMBOMODULIN IN THE XENO-PERFUSED PORCINE LIVER

Abstract

These findings thus indicated that soluble thrombomodulin protein extracted from human urine remarkably improved hepatic microcirculation in the xenoperfused porcine liver. The thrombomodulin/protein C system might, thus, play an important role in restoring the physiological anticoagulant system in the xenoperfused porcine liver.