Nature

Structural basis for surface activation of the classical complement cascade by the short pentraxin C-reactive protein.

The Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...
Medscape

C-reactive Protein at the Interface Between Innate Immunity and Inflammation

1 Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 2 Biomedical Research Institute of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 3 Department of Molecular Genetics ...

C-reactive protein outranks ‘bad’ cholesterol as leading heart disease risk marker

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Since researchers first established the link between diet, ...
C&EN

Activation of the ‘complement system’ helps trigger dangerous sickle-cell-disease outcome

Among people with sickle cell disease—an inherited blood disorder—acute chest syndrome (ACS) is the leading cause of death. The condition is the result of red blood cells becoming stiff, sticky, and ...
Medscape

C-reactive Protein at the Interface Between Innate Immunity and Inflammation

Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2008;4(3):379-390. Since there are no genetic deficiencies of CRP in man, animal models have been used to study the role of CRP in inflammatory disease. Two methods have been ...