TY - CHAP AU - Pavel Maruna AU - Martin Vokurka AU - Jaroslav Lindner ED - Mahin Khatami Y1 - 2012-02-10 PY - 2012 T1 - Prohepcidin and Hepcidin in Acute Phase Reaction Accompanying Large Cardiac Surgery N2 - This book is a collection of comprehensive reviews contributed by experts in the diverse fields of acute and chronic inflammatory diseases, with emphasis on current pharmacological and diagnostic options. Interested professionals are also encouraged to review the contributions made by experts in a second related book entitled "Inflammation, Chronic Diseases and Cancer"; it deals with immunobiology, clinical reviews, and perspectives of the mechanisms of immune inflammatory responses that are involved in alterations of immune dynamics during the genesis, progression and manifestation of a number of inflammatory diseases and cancers, as well as perspectives for diagnosis, and treatment or prevention of these disabling and potentially preventable diseases, particularly for the growing population of older adults around the globe. BT - Inflammatory Diseases SP - Ch. 11 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/22324 DO - 10.5772/22324 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-19 ER -