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Regulation of serum amyloid A (SAA) synthesis in Hep 3B cells by cytokines and corticosteroids.
In Hep 3B cells, in which the combination of IL-6 and IL-1 had previously been found to be required for SAA induction, checkerboard titration of these cytokines showed that each cytokine played an enabling rol...
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Regulation of Biosynthesis and Secretion of Human C-reactive Protein and Serum Amyloid A
It was the discovery of C-reactive protein (CRP) in 1930 that first focused attention on the phenomenon that is now known as the acute phase response (Tillett and Francis 1930). The term acute phase response h...
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The value of quantitative sacroiliac scintigraphy in detection of sacroiliitis
To evaluate clinical usefulness of quantitative sacroiliac scintigraphy (QSS) in detecting sacroiliitis, we used a modified, pixel by pixel technique for calculating sacroiliac joint/sacrum uptake ratios (sacr...