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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/108996| Title: | Serum amyloid A in airway cells |
| Authors: | Butler, Dianne Fenech, Anthony G. Grech, Godfrey Farrugia, R. Ellul, Bridget Ellul-Micallef, Roger |
| Keywords: | Serum Amyloid A Protein Lungs -- Diseases, Obstructive Lungs -- Diseases -- Malta -- Case studies Inflammation -- Pathogenesis Cytokines -- Pathophysiology |
| Issue Date: | 2012 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta. Medical School |
| Citation: | Butler, D., Fenech, A.G., Grech, G., Farrugia, R., Ellul, B., & Ellul-Micallef, R. (2012). Serum amyloid A in airway cells. VIII Malta Medical School Conference abstract book, OP2.032. |
| Abstract: | Introduction: Acute-phase serum amyloid A (A-SAA) molecules, encoded for by SAA1 and SAA2 genes, are cytokine-inducible acute phase proteins. Increased A-SAA is implicated in various chronic inflammatory diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, asthma and COPD. Besides its major hepatic secretory source, extrahepatic A-SAA has been identified in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, and has been claimed to be a potentially useful biomarker for airway inflammation. The cellular origin of airway-released A-SAA, however remains unknown. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/108996 |
| ISSN: | 18133339 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SPat |
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