Extracellular vesicles are associated with C-reactive protein in sepsis

Abstract There is increasing evidence that C-reactive protein (CRP) can mediate inflammatory reactions following the transformation of functionally inert pentameric CRP (pCRP) into its structural isoform pCRP* and into monomeric CRP (mCRP). This conversion can occur on the membranes of apoptotic or...

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Main Authors: Birgit Fendl, René Weiss, Tanja Eichhorn, Ingrid Linsberger, Taras Afonyushkin, Florian Puhm, Christoph J. Binder, Michael B. Fischer, Viktoria Weber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86489-4