THE BIOCHEMICAL FEATURES, PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS, AND CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OFSERUM AMYLOID A : A REVIEW
Serum amyloid A (SAA) is one of the most abundant acute-phase proteins that exerts a key role in the inflammatory response, and is considered a clinically significant biomarker in many pathologies. Under inflammatory conditions, plasma SAA levels can rise over 1000- fold due to rapid hepatic production, which is largel...