糖尿病與發炎指標CRP吳達仁醫師成大醫學院附設醫院內科部內分泌新陳代謝科CRP:FromAcutePhaseProteintoCRP:FromAcutePhaseProteintoCardiovasculardiseaseCardiovasculardisease•CRPisasymmetricalringmoleculethatconsistsof5noncovalentbutassociateprotomers
Eachprotomerhas2calciumionsresponsibleforthespecificbindingofphosphochlorine
Phosphochlorineisacommonconstituentofmanybacterialandfungalpolysaccharidesandmostbiologiccellmembranes,suchasthephosphochlorineresiduesofC(orcapsular)-polysaccharideofStreptococcuspneumoniae
Theproteinwasnamed“C-reactive”becauseofthisreaction
•Astablepentamericprotein-compoundwithahalf-lifeof19hours,withoutdiurnalvariation,•CRPisapathogenicmarkerandanonspecificmarkerofinflammation
CRPissynthesizedinresponsetotheacutephaseofabacterialorfungalinfection
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