Acute phase protein — Acute phase proteins are a class of proteins whose plasma concentrations increase (positive acute phase proteins) or decrease (negative acute phase proteins) in response to inflammation. This response is called the acute phase reaction (also… … Wikipedia
acute phase reaction — Response to acute inflammation involving the increased synthesis of various plasma proteins (acute phase proteins) … Dictionary of molecular biology
Acute-phase proteins — Proteins whose plasma concentrations increase (or decrease) by 25% or more during certain inflammatory disorders. Perhaps the best known of acute phase proteins is C reactive protein (CRP). CRP is a plasma protein that rises in the blood with the … Medical dictionary
acute phase protein — any of the non antibody proteins, produced mainly in the liver, found in increased amounts in serum during the acute phase response; they include C reactive protein, serum amyloid A protein, fibrinogen, α1 acid glycoprotein, and… … Medical dictionary
acute phase response — a group of physiologic processes occurring soon after the onset of infection, trauma, inflammatory processes, and some malignant conditions. The most prominent change is a dramatic increase of acute phase proteins, especially C reactive protein,… … Medical dictionary
acute phase protein — Proteins found in the serum of organisms showing acute inflammation. In particular C reactive protein and serum amyloid A protein … Dictionary of molecular biology
Proteins, acute-phase — Proteins whose plasma concentrations increase (or decrease) by 25% or more during certain inflammatory disorders. C reactive protein (CRP) is perhaps the best known of acute phase proteins. CRP is a plasma protein that rises in the blood with the … Medical dictionary
acute phase reactant — see under protein … Medical dictionary
Acute lung injury — (ALI) is a diffuse heterogeneous lung injury characterized by hypoxemia, non cardiogenic pulmonary edema, low lung compliance and widespread capillary leakage. ALI is caused by any stimulus of local or systemic inflammation, principally sepsis.… … Wikipedia
phase — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ early, first, initial, preliminary, primary ▪ start up ▪ The co op is still in the start up phase. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
