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Which of the following proteins is responsible for an elevation in a patient’s erythrocyte sedimentation rate?
A. C3b
B. Interleukin (IL)-2
C. IL-6
D. IL-8
E. Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α)
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| robin082006
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| mitty
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it is IL-6.
IL-6 is the main inducer of acute phase reactants.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd...
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| mjl1717
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Good q and good to the point article! [instead of 7 pages of hard core, statistical data}
sounds like there also associating CRP and cortisol levels? Also young doc I see that at least the NIH spreads the wealth around {as far as testing labs}
Edited by mjl1717 on 08/01/06 - 04:07 PM
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