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Acute-Phase Reaction MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Acute-Phase Reaction
Tree Number(s)
C23.550.470.099
Unique ID
D000210
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000210
Annotation
note category: in presence of a disease, use /‌etiol, not /‌compl
Scope Note
An early local inflammatory reaction to insult or injury that consists of fever, an increase in inflammatory humoral factors, and an increased synthesis by hepatocytes of a number of proteins or glycoproteins usually found in the plasma.
Entry Term(s)
Acute Phase Response
Acute-Phase State
Reaction, Acute-Phase
Response, Acute-Phase
Previous Indexing
Acute Disease (1968-1986)
Inflammation (1966-1986)
Public MeSH Note
92; was ACUTE PHASE REACTION 1987-91 (see under INFLAMMATION 1987-90)
Online Note
use ACUTE-PHASE REACTION to search ACUTE PHASE REACTION 1987-91
History Note
92; was ACUTE PHASE REACTION 1987-91 (see under INFLAMMATION 1987-90)
Date Established
1991/01/01
Date of Entry
1986/03/25
Revision Date
2022/04/13
Acute-Phase Reaction Preferred
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