Targeting C-Reactive Protein in Inflammatory Disease by Preventing Conformational Changes

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: J. R. Thiele (مؤلف), J. Zeller (مؤلف), H. Bannasch (مؤلف), G. B. Stark (مؤلف), K. Peter (مؤلف), S. U. Eisenhardt (مؤلف)
• التنسيق: كتاب
• منشور في: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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C-reactive protein (CRP) is a pentraxin that has long been employed as a marker of inflammation in clinical practice. Recent findings brought up the idea of CRP to be not only a systemic marker but also a mediator of inflammation. New studies focused on structural changes of the plasma protein, reve...