"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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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Serum Amyloid A Protein" by people in Profiles.
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Downes KJ, Weiss SL, Gerber JS, Klieger SB, Fitzgerald JC, Balamuth F, Kubis SE, Tolomeo P, Bilker WB, Han X, Nachamkin I, Garrigan C, Han JH, Lautenbach E, Coffin SE. A Pragmatic Biomarker-Driven Algorithm to Guide Antibiotic Use in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: The Optimizing Antibiotic Strategies in Sepsis (OASIS) Study. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2017 Jun 01; 6(2):134-141.
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Lanza-Jacoby S, Miller S, Jacob S, Heumann D, Minchenko AG, Flynn JT. Hyperlipoproteinemic low-density lipoprotein receptor-deficient mice are more susceptible to sepsis than corresponding wild-type mice. J Endotoxin Res. 2003; 9(6):341-7.
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Cabana VG, Gidding SS, Getz GS, Chapman J, Shulman ST. Serum amyloid A and high density lipoprotein participate in the acute phase response of Kawasaki disease. Pediatr Res. 1997 Nov; 42(5):651-5.