Overview
- Examines the structure-function interrelationships of different isoforms of CRP in various diseases and its relevance in clinical biology
- Explores the functional role of CRP in animals and its implications in veterinary science
- Discusses the epidemiology, disease biology, pathogenesis and management of conditions like neurodegenerative diseases, inflammatory bowel disease, myocardial infarction, acute appendicitis, pediatric respiratory diseases, cancer, leishmaniasis and sepsis
- Describes the role of CRP as a disease marker
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book explores the latest developments in the field the acute phase protein (APP), C-reactive protein or CRP in different diseases, highlighting the structural and functional aspects of CRP in disease biology.
Divided into 5 sections, the book examines important topics such as the role of CRP in neurodegenerative, cardiac and parasitic diseases, as well as in cancer and inflammatory bowel disease, and the expression of CRP in pediatric respiratory diseases. In addition it discusses the clinical role of CRP in diagnostics and therapeutics, sepsis, ICU and ITU patients, and also as a primary marker for inflammation. Given its scope, this book will appeal to scholars in various fields of medicine and biology.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Shyamasree Ghosh is currently a Scientific Officer (F) at the School of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar. She graduated from the Presidency College Kolkata in 1998 with Hons in Zoology with Chemistry and Physiology and was awarded a prestigious National Scholarship from the Govt. of India. She received her postgraduate degree in Biotechnology from Calcutta University, ranking second at the University in the year 2000. She completed her Ph.D. the field of childhoodacute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, under CSIR, Kolkata, after qualifying for the National Eligibility Test conducted by the Ministry of HRD, Govt of India. Her work was accepted in various national and international journals of repute and is cited by the young researchers worldwide. She worked in the field of stem cells and nanotechnology in her post-doctoral Research. Later she joined as a faculty in post graduate college affiliated to Bangalore University. She has worked and published in Computational Immunology and Machine Learning. She has authored several publications that include books from international publishers of repute including Springer, Elsevier, CRC Press, De Gryter and encyclopedia chapters.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Clinical Significance of C-reactive Protein
Editors: Waliza Ansar, Shyamasree Ghosh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6787-2
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-6786-5Published: 18 December 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-6789-6Published: 19 December 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-6787-2Published: 17 December 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 313
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 57 illustrations in colour
Topics: Gene Expression, Immunology, Protein Science, Neurochemistry, Animal Biochemistry