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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Acute-Phase Proteins > Serum Amyloid A Protein
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Amyloid > Amyloidogenic Proteins > Serum Amyloid A Protein
Macromolecular Substances > Multiprotein Complexes > Amyloid > Amyloidogenic Proteins > Serum Amyloid A Protein

Preferred term

Serum Amyloid A Protein  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An ACUTE PHASE REACTION protein present in low concentrations in normal sera, but found at higher concentrations in sera of older persons and in patients with AMYLOIDOSIS. It is the circulating precusor of amyloid A protein, which is found deposited in AA type AMYLOID FIBRILS. The non-circulating form of serum amyloid A protein. It is found deposited in a variety of tissues during AMYLOIDOSIS.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Amyloid A Precursor
  • Amyloid A Protein-Related Serum Component
  • Amyloid Protein AA Precursor
  • Amyloid Protein SAA
  • Amyloid-Related Serum Protein (SAA)
  • Amyloid Serum Protein SAA
  • Serum Amyloid A
  • Serum Amyloid Protein A
  • Serum A Related Protein

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

  • Protéine amyloïde A sérique

    French

  • Amyloïde sérique A
  • Précurseur de l'amyloïde A
  • Protéine amyloïde sérique A
  • Protéine amyloïde sérique de type A
  • Protéine amyloïde sérique SAA
  • Protéine sérique amyloïde A

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-S2M5P932-1

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