Sunday, March 1, 2009

Cytokine reactions of the liver with Lp(a)

In chronic, low-level inflammation, there is more Lp(a) generated. In the case of severe burn trauma, Lp(a) is a negatively regulated acute phase reactant. It may be that the normal system is overriden or that it serves a useful purpose to have more proteolysis in this circumstance.

Here is the paper out of Parke-Davis/Warner Lambert

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