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Discover LudwigThe phrase "contact factors" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used in contexts discussing elements or variables that influence communication or interaction. Example: "In our study, we identified several contact factors that affect customer satisfaction."
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Indeed, enzymes and plasma assays suggested they have a greater activity on the contact factors (FXIa, plasma kallikrein and FXIIa) than on the TF pathway.
We also aimed to identify case and contact factors that may have impacted on the incidence of influenza-like illness (ILI) amongst household contacts of cases with confirmed pandemic influenza infection.
Moreover, the physiological roles of contact factors in vivo remain unclear.
However, this conversion was not observed in noncontact coculture, suggesting the implication of cell fusion or cell contact factors.
It was traditionally thought that the contact factors, factor XII, factor XI, prekallikrein, and high-molecular-weight kininogen were the primary activators of the clotting cascade in sepsis.
The contact factors of the intrinsic pathway play an important accessory role as an amplification loop in sepsis once the TF pathway activates coagulation.
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Platelet count and generation of contact factor XIIa, thrombin, and soluble fibrin were assessed.
The APTT assay is traditionally used for identifying abnormalities in the contact (factor XII, prekallikrein, and high-molecular-weight kininogen), intrinsic (factors XI, VIII, IX) and common (factors X, V and II and fibrinogen) pathways of coagulation [5].
Contact factor activation generates systemic synthesis of bradykinin, resulting in systemic hypotension and tissue hypoperfusion.
The contact factor pathway also functions to activate the fibrinolytic system, along with the proinflammatory cytokine TNF [ 46, 54].
C1-esterase inhibitor is the major regulator of the intrinsic or contact factor pathway of coagulation [ 1, 2, 131].
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