Urinary gonadotropin peptide as acute phase reactant: transient elevation after operation for digestive diseases

Murine serum glycoprotein gp70 behaves as an acute phase reactant

A single intraperitoneal injection of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or its lipid A component induced high levels of glycoprotein, gp70, in sera of several strains of mice within 24 h. This serum gp70 response induced by LPS was independent of the activation of B cells and the presence of T cells. However, serological and immunohistochemical studies demonstrated the production of gp70 by he...

Ischemia Modified Albumin as an Acute - Phase Reactant

mean concentration of 0.63 mmol/L, is a powerful acute phase reactant as it changes dramatically during vascular injury and inflammatory processes5. Albumin acts as a buffering agent for endogenous or exogenous toxic molecules due to its various ligands binding ability4,5. The biochemical mechanisms modifying the amino-terminal region of albumin during ischemia are unclear, but reperfusion afte...

Risk of Acute Blood Potassium Elevation After Succinylcholine Injection

SUMMARY  An abnormal increase in serum potassium afte-r administration of suxamethonium is known to occur in the treatment of burns, trauma, teta­nus and neurological disorders. A table shows how long this abnormal reaction lasts approxi­mately in the different categories. A few cases of cardiac arrest following suxamethonium in­jection are described in detail. The pa;thogene­sis of this abnor...

Title: Plasma prohepcidin as a negative acute phase reactant after large cardiac surgery with a deep hypothermic circulatory arrest

Chronic concern over an acute-phase reactant: a teachable moment.

A59-year-oldmanwith a history of shoulder and knee pain presented to our clinic reporting 6 years of left osteoarthritic hippain.Hispainhadbeenprogressive, and at the timeofpresentation,he required theuseofacane for support. The results of radiologic studies showed a loss of joint space with thinning of the upper aspect of the lefthip jointwithbone-on-boneappearanceandsubchondral cyst formation...