TY - CHAP AU - Méndez Sánchez Nahum AU - Kobashi Margáin Ramón Arturo AU - Gavilanes Espinar Juan AU - Gutiérrez Grobe Ylse AU - Gutiérrez Jiménez Ángel AU - Uribe Misael ED - Francisco Veas Y1 - 2011-10-10 PY - 2011 T1 - The Role of the Acute-Phase Proteins in the Development and Progression of Liver Diseases N2 - The two volumes of Acute Phase Proteins book consist of chapters that give a large panel of fundamental and applied knowledge on one of the major elements of the inflammatory process during the acute phase response, i.e., the acute phase proteins expression and functions that regulate homeostasis. We have organized this book in two volumes - the first volume, mainly containing chapters on structure, biology and functions of APP, the second volume discussing different uses of APP as diagnostic tools in human and veterinary medicine. BT - Acute Phase Proteins as Early Non-Specific Biomarkers of Human and Veterinary Diseases SP - Ch. 6 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/20671 DO - 10.5772/20671 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-29 ER -