Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines during Immune Stimulation: Modulation of Iron Status and Red Blood Cell Profile

• Główni autorzy: A. M. Koorts (Autor), P. F. Levay (Autor), P. J. Becker (Autor), M. Viljoen (Autor)
• Format: Książka
• Wydane: Hindawi Limited, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Forty-eight patients were subdivided according to C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, resulting in 19 patients with normal (2.8 ± 2.8 mg/L) and 29 with elevated (82.2 ± 76.2 mg/L) CRP levels. The elevated CRP group had iron and red blood cell (RBC) profiles characteristic of chronic immune stimulation...