In another recent American College of Rheumatology Reading Room commentary, I remarked on the excitement of novel peripheral blood markers of disease as a significant tool in our rheumatology arsenal.

While cholesterol levels are commonly used to assess heart disease risk, research shows that another blood marker—high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP)—may offer even more powerful insight, ...

Further, although serum ferritin is recognized as a proinflammatory biomarker that is frequently elevated in a variety of autoimmune disorders, the role it plays in AAV still needs to be elucidated.

Significantly increased hs-CRP seen for those consuming 40 to 59 and 60 to 79 percent ultraprocessed foods. (HealthDay News) — Consuming high levels of ultraprocessed foods is associated with ...

We aimed to assess whether high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) levels could predict the development of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in patients with psoriasis. We analyzed data from a prospective ...

Transcriptional analysis of small cell lung cancer transformation in epidermal growth factor receptor mutated lung adenocarcinomas. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting I ...

If you're worried about a heart attack, you should already know your cholesterol level. But should you now ask your doctor for a blood test that measures C-reactive protein (CRP)? CRP levels rise when ...

When you experience physical trauma like a wound, injury, or infection, your body attempts to heal through the inflammatory process. The red, swollen, tender skin you’ll notice around an abrasion is ...