Marker Proteins in Inflammation / Volume 1 / Proceedings of the Symposium Lyon, France, April 22-25, 1981

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Section I . The Inflammatory Response -- Progress in Plasma Proteins: Hallmarks of Health and Markers of Disease -- Plasma Proteins Implicated in the Inflammatory Response -- Acute Inflammatory Process -- The Inflammatory Response -- Relationships between Acute Non-Specific Inf lamination and Non-Specific Defense Mechanisms of the Host -- The Role of Thrombocytes in Inflammation -- Section II. Acute Phase Reactants -- Clinical Usefulness of C Reactive Protein Measurement -- Control Proteins of the Alternative Complement Pathway In Vivo Correlates of In Vitro Function -- Plasma Fibronectin, its Biochemical and Biological Properties and its Pathological Changes in Man -- Interaction between C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and Platelets -- Interactions between CRP and Mononuclear Cells -- Clinical Usefulness of Orosomucoid Determination -- Alpha1 Acid Glycoprotein - Structure, Genetics and Biological Significance -- Alphai1-Antitrypsin Structure and Genetics -- Affinity-Immunodeletion (AID) Isoelectric Focusing on Ultra-Thin Gels and Staining with Silver Diamine Applied to the Marker Proteins of Inflammation -- A Survey of the Measurement, Distribution of Values and Phenotypes of the Haptoglobins -- Recent Findings on the Biological Role of Haptoglobin in Rats -- Biochemical Aspects of Complement Activation -- The Acquired Abnormalities of the Complement System in the Acute or Chronic Inflammatory Response -- Acute Phase Reactant Protein Profiles in Cancer: An Approach to Deciphering their Message -- Plasma Protein Profile: A Model of Data for Interpretation with Special Reference to Inflammatory Conditions -- Section III. Malnutrition and the Immune Response -- Protein-Calorie Malnutrition-Clinical Biochemical and Immunological -- Complement, Orosomucoid, Transferrin, Retinol Binding Protein and Prealbumin in Malnutrition -- Cellular and Humoral Immunity in Malnutrition -- Immune Deficit in Kwashiorkor -- Inhibition of Cell-Mediated