Reactant, acute phase: See: Acute-phase protein.
Increase in concentration of acute phase reactants (APR) comprises a major pathophysiologic phenomenon that accompanies inflammation and tissue injury. With the acute ...
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Acute phase reactant A substance in the blood that increases as a response to an acute conditions such as infection, injury, tissue destruction, some cancers, burns ...
Clinical Background. Plasma proteins termed acute phase proteins or reactants are involved in the innate system response to inflammation, tissue injury or malignancy.
In this study, we show that recombinant human IL-6 induces FGL1 expression in Hep G2 cells in a pattern similar to those of acute phase reactants.