ACUTE PHASE REACTANTS
● Group of plasma proteins whose concentration increases or decreases in response to inflammatory and neoplastic conditions.
■Positive Acute Phase Reactants
Plasma proteins whose concentration increases in response to inflammatory and neoplastic conditions.
●C reactive Protein
●Ceruloplasmin
●Haptoglobulin
●Fibrinogen
●Alpha 1 acid glycoprotein
●Alpha 1 antiprotease
■ Negative Acute Phase Reactants
Plasma proteins whose concentration decreases in response to inflammatory and neoplastic conditions
●Albumin
●Transthyretin
●RBP
●Transferrin.