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C-reactive protein (CRP) is an annular (ring-shaped) pentameric protein found in blood plasma, whose circulating concentrations rise in response to inflammation.It is an acute-phase protein of hepatic origin that increases following interleukin-6 secretion by macrophages and T cells.
Elevated levels are also associated with diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease; it was found that elevated levels are associated with elevated serum C-reactive protein (CRP), which could reflect an inflammatory and atherogenic milieu, possibly an alternative cause for elevated serum alkaline phosphatase. [10] Chronic kidney disease ...
CRP in blood has a half life of less than a day, compared with 4 days for fibrinogen. A continuously elevated CRP content indicates a persistent proinflammatory stimulus in the body. CRP binds to host or bacterial phosphocholine, and the complex activates a group of plasma proteins called complement (Sect. 3.3.2).
Calgary Regional Partnership, for planning, Alberta, Canada; Center for Responsive Politics, a research group based in Washington, D.C., US, now part of OpenSecrets; Chicana Rights Project, to protect Mexican-American women's rights
~ 1 in 15,000 people a year (> 50 years old) [2] Giant cell arteritis ( GCA ), also called temporal arteritis , is an inflammatory autoimmune disease of large blood vessels . [ 4 ] [ 7 ] Symptoms may include headache , pain over the temples, flu-like symptoms , double vision , and difficulty opening the mouth. [ 3 ]
This table contains supercentenarian claims with either a known death date or no confirmation for more than two years that they were still alive. Only claims greater than that of Jeanne Calment, who died at the age of 122 years, 164 days, but under 130 years are included. They are listed in order of age as of the date of death or date last ...
Some factors that indicate a poor prognosis are a QRS greater than 120 milliseconds, a delay in diagnosis, high NYHA class, multiparity, African descent. [ 7 ] Mortality estimates have significant differences depending on the racial group being studied, the geographical location, and the length of follow-up in the study.
JurÅjin, the Japanese god of longevity, one of the Seven Lucky Gods. Longevity myths are traditions about long-lived people (generally supercentenarians), either as individuals or groups of people, and practices that have been believed to confer longevity, but which current scientific evidence does not support, nor the reasons for the claims.