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    Acute-phase proteins (APPs) are a class of proteins whose concentrations in blood plasma either increase (positive acute-phase proteins) or decrease (negative...
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    circulating concentrations rise in response to inflammation. It is an acute-phase protein of hepatic origin that increases following interleukin-6 secretion...
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  • inflammatory stimuli (acute phase SAAs). These proteins are produced predominantly by the liver. Acute-phase serum amyloid A proteins (A-SAAs) are secreted...
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    Ferritin (category Acute-phase proteins)
    response to stresses such as anoxia, which implies that it is an acute phase protein. Mitochondrial ferritin has many roles pertaining to molecular function...
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    of certain liver and kidney diseases. Fibrinogen is a "positive" acute-phase protein, i.e. its blood levels rise in response to systemic inflammation...
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    Lipopolysaccharide binding protein (LBP) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LBP gene. LBP is a soluble acute-phase protein that binds to bacterial...
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    binding protein. These bands fuse and intensify in early inflammation due to an increase in alpha 1-antichymotrypsin, an acute phase protein.[citation...
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  • protein in the extracellular space of various tissues and organs. In AA amyloidosis, the deposited protein is serum amyloid A protein (SAA), an acute-phase...
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    as the major regulator of the contact system. C1-inhibitor is an acute-phase protein that circulates in blood at levels of around 0.25 g/L. The levels...
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    is characterized by high systemic levels of acute-phase proteins. In acute inflammation, these proteins prove beneficial; however, in chronic inflammation...
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