Polysaccharides sedimentation rate measurements

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The clinician can determine whether a patient such as Katta Bolic is j mounting an acute phase response to some insult, however subtle, by deter- mining whether several unique acute phase proteins are being secreted by the liver. C-reactive protein, so named because of its ability to interact with the C-polysaccharide of pneumococci, and serum amyloid A protein, a precursor of the amyloid fibril found in secondary amyloidosis, are elevated in patients undergoing the acute phase response and as compared with healthy individuals. Other proteins normally found in the blood of healthy individuals are present in increased concentrations in patients undergoing an acute phase response. These include haptoglobin, certain protease inhibitors, complement components, ceruloplasmin, and fibrinogen. The elevated concentration of these proteins in the blood increases the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), another laboratory measure of the presence of an acute phase response. 

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