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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2024

C-reactive protein: structure, function, regulation, and role in clinical diseases.

Hai-Hong Zhou, Yu-Long Tang, Tian-Hao Xu, Bin Cheng

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

87 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Hai-Hong ZhouCentre for Translational Medicine, Gansu Provincial Academic Institute for Medical Research, Lanzhou, China.
Yu-Long TangMinistry of Education (MOE), Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Tian-Hao XuMinistry of Education (MOE), Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Bin ChengKey Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Research Unit of Peptide Science, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

C-reactive protein (CRP) is a plasma protein that is evolutionarily conserved, found in both vertebrates and many invertebrates. It is a member of the pentraxin superfamily, characterized by its pentameric structure and calcium-dependent binding to ligands like phosphocholine (PC). In humans and various other species, the plasma concentration of this protein is markedly elevated during inflammatory conditions, establishing it as a prototypical acute phase protein that plays a role in innate immune responses. This feature can also be used clinically to evaluate the severity of inflammation in the organism. Human CRP (huCRP) can exhibit contrasting biological functions due to conformational transitions, while CRP in various species retains conserved protective functions

Indexed as

C-Reactive ProteinAnimalsComplement ActivationHumansImmunity, InnateInflammationProtein ConformationStructure-Activity RelationshipC-Reactive Proteinacute phaseC-reactive proteininflammationpentamerstructure

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PMID38947332
PMCPMC11211361

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