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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Acute-Phase Proteins

Preferred term

Acute-Phase Proteins  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Acute Phase Protein
  • Acute-Phase Protein
  • Acute Phase Reactant
  • Acute-Phase Reactant
  • Acute Phase Reactants
  • Acute-Phase Reactants
  • Phase Reactant, Acute
  • Protein, Acute-Phase
  • Proteins, Acute Phase
  • Proteins, Acute-Phase
  • Reactant, Acute Phase
  • Reactant, Acute-Phase
  • Reactants, Acute Phase
  • Reactants, Acute-Phase

Note

  • blood proteins; /biosyn /drug eff /physiol permitted

Scope note

  • Proteins that are secreted into the blood in increased or decreased quantities by hepatocytes in response to trauma, inflammation, or disease. These proteins can serve as inhibitors or mediators of the inflammatory processes. Certain acute-phase proteins have been used to diagnose and follow the course of diseases or as tumor markers.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000209

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