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C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and Autoimmune Disease: Facts and Conjectures

C-reactive protein (CRP) is a blood component comprised of five identical subunits with a combined molecular mass of 110 kDa; in the presence of Ca(++) it binds phosphocholine (PC) with high affinity. Ligand-bound CRP activates complement and the protein reportedly binds various Fc receptors. Coinci...

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Autor principal: Szalai, Alexander J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2486333/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15559367
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17402520400001751