Purpose Differentiating between acute viral and bacterial infection is challenging due to the
similarity in symptom presentation. Blood tests can assist in the diagnosis, but they reflect …

C1q acts as the recognition unit of the first complement component, C1, and binds to
immunoglobulins IgG and IgM, as well as to non-Ig ligands, such as C-reactive protein …

The long pentraxin 3 (PTX3), serum amyloid P component (SAP), and C-reactive protein
belong to the pentraxin family of pattern recognition molecules involved in tissue …

Homogeneous sandwich immunofluorimetric assays are valued for the rapid, low-cost and
accurate detection of analytes in liquid phase. However, their exploitation with analytes …

BACKGROUND: In cardiac patients positive affect has found to be associated with improved
clinical outcomes, with reduced inflammation being one of the potential mechanisms …

Objective Investigate associations of TV viewing time and accelerometry‐derived sedentary
time with inflammatory and endothelial function biomarkers in children. Methods Cross …

High levels of circulating Von Willebrand factor (vWf) and increased neutrophil to
lymphocyte (N/L) ratio may reflect vascular inflammation in hypertensive patients. In present …

Objective—C-reactive protein (CRP) has been proposed to be an independent risk factor for
cardiovascular disease. In vitro studies investigating the mechanism behind this have used …

Aims We tested whether elevated levels of C-reactive protein is robustly and causally
associated with all-cause mortality. Methods and results We studied 10 388 white persons …

No attention is usually focused on the possible involvement of immune mechanisms,
particularly of autoimmunity, on the development and progress of atherosclerosis. The …