Monomeric C-Reactive Protein Decreases Acetylated LDL Uptake in Human Endothelial Cells [PDF]
Clinical Chemistry, 2009 AbstractBackground: C-reactive protein (CRP) is a risk marker for cardiovascular disease and has been implicated in atherogenesis. In atherosclerotic plaques, it colocalizes with oxidized LDL (oxLDL) and promotes oxLDL uptake by macrophages, suggesting an important cross-talk between CRP and lipid processing.
Susanne B, Schwedler +8 more
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C-reactive protein isoforms as prognostic markers of COVID-19 severity
Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 C-reactive protein (CRP), an active regulator of the innate immune system, has been related to COVID-19 severity. CRP is a dynamic protein undergoing conformational changes upon activation in inflammatory microenvironments between pentameric and ...
Blanca Molins +12 more
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The Effect of C-Reactive Protein Isoforms on Nitric Oxide Production by U937 Monocytes/Macrophages
Frontiers in Immunology, 2018 Inflammation is regulated by many endogenous factors including estrogen, a steroid hormone that declines with increasing age, leading to excessive inflammation in the elderly. C-reactive protein (CRP) is an acute phase inflammatory protein that exists in
Nicola R. Sproston +4 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 C-reactive protein (CRP) was first recognized in the 1940s as a protein that appeared in blood during acute episodes of infectious disease. Its presence and pharmacodynamics were found in essentially all diseases that involved tissue damage and ...
Lawrence A. Potempa +3 more
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An antibody that prevents serpin polymerisation acts by inducing a novel allosteric behavior [PDF]
, 2016 Serpins are important regulators of proteolytic pathways with an antiprotease activity that involves a conformational transition from a metastable to a hyperstable state. Certain mutations permit the transition to occur in the absence of a protease; when
Faull, Sarah V. +14 more
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The stability and activity of human neuroserpin are modulated by a salt bridge that stabilises the reactive centre loop [PDF]
, 2015 Neuroserpin (NS) is an inhibitory protein belonging to the serpin family and involved in several pathologies, including the dementia Familial Encephalopathy with Neuroserpin Inclusion Bodies (FENIB), a genetic neurodegenerative disease caused by ...
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 Phagocytosis and the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in phagocytic leukocytes are an effective killing mechanism of the innate host defense. These cellular processes of innate immunity function in a complex interplay with humoral factors.
Johannes Zeller +11 more
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Structural Insights into the HWE Histidine Kinase Family: The Brucella Blue Light-Activated Histidine Kinase Domain [PDF]
, 2016 In response to light, as part of a two-component system, the Brucella blue light-activated histidine kinase (LOV-HK) increases its autophosphorylation, modulating the virulence of this microorganism.
Arrar, Mehrnoosh +9 more
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A Peroxisomal Lon Protease and Peroxisome Degradation by Autophagy Play Key Roles in Vitality of Hansenula polymorpha Cells [PDF]
, 2007 In eukaryote cells various mechanisms exist that are responsible for the removal of non-functional proteins. Here we show that in the yeast Hansenula polymorpha (H.
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Serum CRP interacts with SPARC and regulate immune response in severe cases of COVID-19 infection
Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 Serum C-reactive protein (CRP) has been found elevated during COVID-19 infection, and associated with systematic inflammation as well as a poor clinical outcome.
Chengyang Liu +4 more
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