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Acute Phase Proteins / edited by Sabina Janciauskiene.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Janciauskiene, Sabina, Editor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Acute phase proteins.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 180 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- IntechOpen 2013
- Rijeka : InTech, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The magnitude and rapidity of the changes in the concentrations of APPs, together with their short half-life, suggest an important role for these proteins in the establishment of host defense. APPs are regarded as having general functions in trapping of micro-organisms and their products, in activating complement, in binding cellular remnants like nuclear fractions, in neutralizing enzymes, scavenging free radicals, and in modulating the hosts immune response. Despite vast pro- and anti-inflammatory properties ascribed to individual APPs, their function during health and disease remains incompletely defined.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9789535171768
- 9535171763
- 9789535111856
- 953511185X
- Access Restriction:
- Open access Unrestricted online access
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