Acute Phase Proteins Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and Clinical Applications

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CRC Press, Aug 3, 1993 - Medical - 704 pages
Acute Phase Proteins covers all major aspects of acute phase proteins (APP) starting with molecular mechanisms regulating their synthesis and ending with their functional significance. The book features 36 chapters addressing such topics as acute phase response and the APP; major APP and their structure and functions; regulation of APP synthesis, the cytokines and hormones implicated in these processes, and molecular mechanisms involved; signal transduction of cytokines in hepatocytes and posttranscriptional processes; and quantitative and qualitative evaluation of APP in clinical practice. The book will be an important reference for immunologists, molecular biologists, cellular biologists, biochemists, and clinical chemists.

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Contents

Acute Phase Response
4
Role of Cytokines in Other Acute Phase Phenomena
13
The Negative Acute Phase Proteins
21
Chapter 3
28
Extrahepatic Synthesis of Acute Phase Proteins
39
I
40
C
52
42
73
Chapter 17
309
Chapter 18
321
Chapter 19
329
Chapter 20
343
Regulation of CReactive Protein Haptoglobin and Hemopexin Gene
365
Chapter 22
397
Chapter 24
412
Transcriptional Regulation of the Human C3 Gene
425

Chapter 4
79
3
83
Chapter 5
93
Chapter 6
107
Chapter 7
117
Chapter 8
149
Chapter 9
169
Chapter 10
185
Chapter 11
207
Chapter 12
223
Chapter 13
239
Chapter 14
255
Chapter 15
275
Chapter 16
289
Chapter 25
443
Chapter 26
467
Chapter 27
495
Chapter 28
511
Chapter 29
529
Chapter 30
547
Chapter 31
559
Chapter 32
581
Chapter 33
603
Chapter 35
633
Glycoforms of aAcid Glycoprotein as Disease Markers
651
INDEX
665
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Mackiewicz, Andrzej; Kushner, Irving; Baumann, Heinz

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