C-reactive protein upregulates the whole blood expression of CD59 - an integrative analysis.

Elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations in the blood are associated with acute and chronic infections and inflammation. Nevertheless, the functional role of increased CRP in multiple bacterial and viral infections as well as in chronic inflammatory diseases remains unclear. Here, we studied...

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Main Authors: Kaido Lepik, Tarmo Annilo, Viktorija Kukuškina, eQTLGen Consortium, Kai Kisand, Zoltán Kutalik, Pärt Peterson, Hedi Peterson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-09-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005766