"Serum Amyloid A Protein" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An ACUTE PHASE REACTION protein present in low concentrations in normal sera, but found at higher concentrations in sera of older persons and in patients with AMYLOIDOSIS. It is the circulating precusor of amyloid A protein, which is found deposited in AA type AMYLOID FIBRILS.
| Descriptor ID |
D000685
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.049.407.750 D12.776.124.050.725
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| Concept/Terms |
Serum Amyloid A Protein- Serum Amyloid A Protein
- Amyloid A Protein-Related Serum Component
- Amyloid A Protein Related Serum Component
- Amyloid Protein AA Precursor
- Serum Amyloid Protein A
- Amyloid Serum Protein SAA
- Amyloid-Related Serum Protein (SAA)
- Serum A Related Protein
- Serum Amyloid A
- Amyloid A Precursor
- Amyloid Protein SAA
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Serum Amyloid A Protein" by people in Profiles.
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Serum amyloid A protects murine macrophages from lethal toxin-mediated death. Cell Immunol. 2012; 272(2):175-81.
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Multiple inflammatory and serum amyloid A positive telangiectatic hepatic adenomas with glycogenated nuclei arising in a background of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Semin Liver Dis. 2008 Nov; 28(4):434-9.