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- See also changes related to C-reactive protein, or pages that link to C-reactive protein or to this page or whose text contains "C-reactive protein".
Parent topics
- Immunology [r]: The study of all aspects of the immune system in all animals. [e]
- Inflammatory response [r]: Add brief definition or description
Subtopics
- Phagocytosis [r]: That part of immune response in which defensive cells such as neutrophils and macrophages surround and "digest" foreign particles [e]
- Erythrocye sedimentation rate [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Opsonins [r]: A family of proteins, generated by various immune mechanisms, which "tag" cells as targets for defensive digestion by cells that perform phagocytosis [e]
- Snake venom [r]: Highly modified toxic saliva containing hydrolithic enzymes, polypeptide complexs, nucleases, and peptidases, that is produced by special glands of certain species of snakes. [e]
- Erythrocyte sedimentation rate [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Apolipoprotein [r]: Protein components on the surface of lipoproteins that form a layer surrounding the hydrophobic lipid core. [e]
- Vitamin C [r]: Required by a few mammalian species, including humans and higher primates. It is water-soluble and is usually obtained by eating fruits and vegetables; associated with scurvy (hence its chemical name, ascorbic acid). [e]
- Autoimmunity [r]: The failure of an organism to recognize its own constituent parts (down to the sub-molecular levels) as "self", which results in an immune response against its own cells and tissues. [e]
- Thyroid stimulating hormone [r]: Hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, which stimulates production of thyroid hormone from the thyroid gland. [e]