Acute-phase reactants

Question 1

Cytokine that induces acute phase reactants

Answer 1

IL-6

Question 2

Factors produced by liver in both acute and chronic inflammatory states

Answer 2

Acute phase reactants

Question 3

Opsonin that fixes complement and facilitates phagocytosis

Answer 3

C-reactive protein (CRP)

Question 4

Acute phase reactant that is measured clinically as a non-specific sign of ongoing inflammation

Answer 4

CRP

Question 5

Binds and sequesters iron to inhibit microbial iron scavenging

Answer 5

Ferritin

Question 6

Coagulation factor that promotes endothelial repair and correlates with ESR

Answer 6

Fibrinogen

Question 7

Acute phase reactant that inhibits iron absorption by degrading ferroportin and inhibits iron release by macrophages causing anemia of chronic disease

Answer 7

Hepcidin

Question 8

Prolonged elevation of this acute phase reactant can lead to amyloidosis

Answer 8

Serum amyloid A

Question 9

Reduction of this protein conserves amino acids for positive acute phase reactants

Answer 9

Albumin

Question 10

This protein is internalized by macrophages to sequester iron

Answer 10

Transferrin