C-reactive protein - Role in cardiovascular disease

C-reactive protein (CRP) is a plasma protein, an acute phase protein produced by the liver. It is a member of the pentraxin family of proteins. C-reactive protein - History and nomenclature. CRP was originally discovered by Tillett and Francis in 1930 as a substance in the serum of patients with acute inflammation that reacted with the C polysaccharide of pneumococcus. acute phase, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, immunology C-reactive prot ...

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Recent research suggests that patients with elevated basal levels of CRP are at an increased risk for hypertension and cardiovascular disease, although recent research[1] suggests the correlation is moderate. The amount of CRP produced by the body varies from person to person, and this is affected by lifestyle as well as genetic makeup, which accounts for almost half of the variation in CRP levels between different people. Higher CRP levels tend to be found in smokers and in people who are sedentary, overweight or who have high bloo ...

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CRP is used mainly as a marker of inflammation. Measuring and charting C-reactive protein values can prove useful in determining disease progress or the effectiveness of treatments. Blood, usually collected in a serum-separating tube, is analysed in a medical laboratory or at the point of testing. Various analytical methods are available for CRP determination, such as ELISA, immunoturbidometry, rapid immunodiffusion and visual agglutination. Viral infections ten ...

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The role of inflammation in cancer is not well known. Some organs of the body show greater risk of cancer when they are chronically inflamed. Blood samples of persons with colon cancer have an average CRP concentration of 2.69 milligrams per liter. Persons without colon cancer average 1.97 milligrams per liter. The difference was statistically significant(Erlinger et al 2004). These findings concur with previous studies that indicate that anti-inflammatory dru ...

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C-reactive protein, C-reactive protein - History and nomenclature, C-reactive protein - Genetics, C-reactive protein - Function, C-reactive protein - Diagnostic use, C-reactive protein - Role in cardiovascular disease, C-reactive protein - Role in colon cancer

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