mRNA expression and release of interleukin-8 induced by serum amyloid A in neutrophils and monocytes

The acute phase response is a systemic reaction to inflammatory processes characterized by multiple physiological adaptations, including the hepatic synthesis of acute-phase proteins. In humans, serum amyloid A (SAA) is one of the most prominent of these proteins. Despite the huge increase of serum...

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Main Authors: Fernanda Pereira Ribeiro, Cristiane Jaciara Furlaneto, Elaine Hatanaka, Wesley Bueno Ribeiro, Glaucia Mendes Souza, Marco A. Cassatella, Ana Campa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2003-01-01
Series:Mediators of Inflammation
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0962935031000134897