CRP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does CRP mean? 

• CRP (noun)
  The noun CRP has 1 sense:

1. a byproduct of inflammation; a globulin that is found in the blood in some cases of acute inflammation

  Familiarity information: CRP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A byproduct of inflammation; a globulin that is found in the blood in some cases of acute inflammation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

C-reactive protein; CRP

Hypernyms ("CRP" is a kind of...):

serum globulin (globulins occurring in blood serum and containing most of the antibodies of the blood)

 Context examples 

Human CRP wild-type allele is located within 1q21-q23 and is approximately 2 kb in length.

(CRP wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Both IL-6 and CRP are inflammatory markers that are produced in response to damaging stimuli, such as infection, stress or smoking.

(Inflammation links heart disease and depression, University of Cambridge)

Among women with rheumatoid arthritis and in the general population, greater BMI was associated with greater CRP, especially among women with severe obesity.

(Obesity May Influence Rheumatoid Arthritis Blood Tests, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

C-reactive protein (224 aa, ~25 kDa) is encoded by the human CRP gene.

(C-Reactive Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, this agent may reduce levels of C-reactive protein (CRP).

(anti-CCR2 monoclonal antibody MLN1202, NCI Thesaurus)

Of these common biomarkers, they found that triglycerides (a type of fat found in the blood) and the inflammation-related proteins IL-6 and CRP were also risk factors for depression.

(Inflammation links heart disease and depression, University of Cambridge)

In these individuals, lower BMI was associated with greater CRP and ESR.

(Obesity May Influence Rheumatoid Arthritis Blood Tests, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Studies have previously shown that people with elevated levels of IL-6 and CRP in the blood are more prone to develop depression, and that levels of these biomarkers are high in some patients during acute depressive episode.

(Inflammation links heart disease and depression, University of Cambridge)

Blood tests for C-reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) can help physicians assess levels of inflammation in the body.

(Obesity May Influence Rheumatoid Arthritis Blood Tests, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Because some studies have found links between higher levels of CRP and ESR with greater body mass index (BMI), Michael George, MD MSCE, of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, and his colleagues sought to determine the extent to which obesity biases these markers.

(Obesity May Influence Rheumatoid Arthritis Blood Tests, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)