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acute-phase proteins

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acute-phase proteins
see acute phase response.


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Others (transthyretin, albumin and transferrin) decrease and are known as negative acute-phase proteins.
The parsimonious view is that the increased production of inflammatory cytokines and acute-phase proteins by adipose tissue in obesity relates primarily to localised events within the expanding fat depots.
InterLeukin-1 accelerates the synthesis of acute-phase proteins by the liver.
 
 
 
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