Biology of C reactive protein in health and disease /

Biology of C reactive protein in health and disease /

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Author / Creator:Ansar, Waliza, author.
Imprint:New Delhi : Springer, [2016]
©2016
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Subject:
C-reactive protein -- Health aspects.
C-Reactive Protein.
Biotechnology.
Forensic sciences.
Human physiology.
Medicine.
Molecular biology.
Plasma (Ionized gases)
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11254023
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Other authors / contributors:Ghosh, Shyamasree, author.
ISBN:9788132226802
8132226801
813222678X
9788132226789
9788132226789
Digital file characteristics:text file
PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
English.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 30, 2016).
Summary:This book offers a comprehensive study of C-reactive protein (CRP) belonging to the pentraxin family, including a brief history of CRP, its structure, synthesis and evolution. Focusing on the emerging role of CRP and its clinical application in the field of disease biology, it details the pathophysiological role of CRP in a host of diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancers, rheumatoid arthritis and infectious diseases and others. It also discusses the role of innate immunity and acute phase response (APR) and their key mediators in the host body in response to tissue injury, infection, trauma or surgery, immunological disorders or neoplastic growth. CRP's significance in inflammation is highlighted, and its importance as a clinical marker in cardiovascular disease, its functional significance in Leishmania and Plasmodium infections, its association with the development of insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes mellitus, and its role in cancer are discussed in detail. The book also includes clinical data studies and presents the latest research advances to further readers' understanding of CRP.
Other form:Printed edition: 9788132226789
Standard no.:10.1007/978-81-322-2680-2

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