Biology of C Reactive Protein in Health and Disease

• Main Authors: Ansar, Waliza (Author), Ghosh, Shyamasree (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Molecular biology.; Forensic science.; Biotechnology.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.; Molecular Medicine.; Plasma Physics.; Forensic Science.

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 pathophys...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Immune System: Freedom from the burden of diseases
• 2. CRP: Historical perspective, structure, evolution, synthesis, clinical and biological functions
• 3. Acute-Phase response and Acute Phase Proteins: Application in Human and Veterinary clinical chemistry
• 4. Inflammation, inflammatory diseases, markers and mediators: Role of CRP in some inflammatory diseases
• 5. Micro-heterogeneity of Proteins: Role in diseases
• 6. Pathobiological role of CRP in some diseases: Clinical medical applications of CRP
• 7. Role of CRP in cardiovascular diseases
• 8. Role of CRP in Leishmaniasis
• 9. CRP and diabetes: Sugar is not so sweet
• 10. CRP and Cancer
• 11. Role of CRP in Malaria. .