mRNA expression and release of interleukin-8 induced by serum amyloid A in neutrophils and monocytes

• Main Authors: Fernanda Pereira Ribeiro (Author), Cristiane Jaciara Furlaneto (Author), Elaine Hatanaka (Author), Wesley Bueno Ribeiro (Author), Glaucia Mendes Souza (Author), Marco A. Cassatella (Author), Ana Campa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The acute phase response is a systemic reaction to inflammatory processes characterized by multiple physiological adaptations, including the hepatic synthesis of acute-phase proteins. In humans, serum amyloid A (SAA) is one of the most prominent of these proteins. Despite the huge increase of serum...