BACKGROUND Major depression is associated with higher plasma levels of positive acute-phase proteins, as well as with lower plasma levels of negative acute-phase proteins. The aim of this study is to examine the levels of acute-phase response proteins and whether these levels are influenced by reproductive hormones and antidepressant medication in the perimenopausal depression. METHODS Sixty-...

The acute-phase proteins serum amyloid A protein (SAA) and secretory phospholipase A2 (sPLA2) are simultaneously expressed during inflammatory conditions. SAA associates with high-density lipoprotein (HDL) altering its physicochemical composition. We found that purified acute-phase SAA, but not the constitutive form, markedly enhances the lipolytic activity of sPLA2 in a dose-related manner wit...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES The available serological techniques for the diagnosis of leptospirosis have less sensitivity during the early stage of the disease. Understanding of leptospiral proteins expressed during acute and convalescent phases of leptospirosis, would be help the develop of new serodiagnostic strategies. Therefore, the present study was carried out to identify (i) an antigen that ...

The production of acute phase reactants (APRs) in the liver is stimulated by increased inflammatory cytokines. Therefore, cytokines are more advantageous than APRs for early diagnosis neonatal sepsis. There a machine Latessier TM that can produce results after about 3 minutes with small amount sample 10 μL each at same time C-reactive protein (CRP), α1 acid glycoprotein (AGP), and haptoglobin (...

This report hypothesises an active role for the acute phase protein, C reactive protein (CRP), in local inflammatory reactions. This was studied in infarction sites from liver and kidney in a patient who died as a result of multiple complications after cholecystectomy. In this patient, a general acute phase protein reaction was induced, with an increase in plasma CRP. In infarction sites of kid...

objective(s) psychotropic medications produce their effects, in part, through increasing neurotrophin levels in the brain. since studies concerning nerve growth factor (ngf) analysis have been limited in scope, in the current experiments we investigated the effects of diverse psychotropic agents on ngf protein levels in various brain regions of rat. materials and methods male wistar rats receiv...

c-reactive protein (crp) response was studied in 44 patients with acute angina pectoris admitted to the coronary care unit. 71 % of patients with acute myocardial infarction (mi)had positive crp test while 73% of patients presumed to have unstable angina pectoris had negative crp test. this test can be helpful in differentiating between acute mi and unstable angina pectoris.

This study aimed to compare the hemato-biochemical parameters in cats suffered from FLUTD with those of healthy cats, and evaluate inflammatory process by measuring serum amyloid A, alpha-1-Acid glycoprotein, plasma fibrinogen concentrations. Cats frequently suffer feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD), which causes acute renal failure, electrolyte buildup, acid-base imbalance. Acute-phase...