A simple and rapid-acting approach for the reduction of C-reactive protein

C-reactive protein (CRP) is an acute-phase protein which can bind to and aggregate oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) particles, thereby enhancing the uptake of oxLDL by macrophages. This finally leads to the formation of foam cells that are a typical characteristic of atherosclerotic plaques...

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Main Authors: Amir Abbas Momtazi-Borojeni, Seyed Hasan Ayati, Mahmoud Reza Jaafari, Amirhossein Sahebkar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0753332218373785