Thrombin and activated protein C (APC) are well-established members of the blood coagulation cascade, thrombin being a key coagulation protease while APC, which is converted by thrombin from protein C, is an anti-coagulant.
Thrombín og örvað prótein C (APC) eru þekktir þátttakendur í blóðstorknunarferli líkamans, þar sem thrombín er mikilvægur storkuþáttur en APC hamlar storkumyndun.