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Inflammation which comprises a rapid, short-lived, relatively uniform response to acute injury or antigenic challenge and is characterized by accumulations of fluid, plasma proteins, and granulocytic leukocytes. An acute inflammatory response occurs within a matter of minutes or hours, and either resolves within a few days or becomes a chronic inflammatory response. The immediate defensive reaction (by vertebrate tissue) to infection or injury caused by chemical or physical agents. The process is characterized by local vasodilation, extravasation of plasma into intercellular spaces and accumulation of white blood cells and macrophages. Any process that modulates the force with which blood travels through the circulatory system during the acute phase response. The acute phase response occurs during the early phases of an infection and is marked by changes in the production of plasma proteins such as C-reactive protein. A rise in body temperature above the normal, often as a response to infection. Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of heart contraction during the acute phase response. The acute phase response occurs during the early phases of an infection and is marked by changes in the production of plasma proteins such as C-reactive protein. Process involving non-antibody proteins whose concentrations in the plasma increase in response to infection or injury of homeothermic animals.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: acute-phase response
Acc: GO:0006953
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: Process involving non-antibody proteins whose concentrations in the plasma increase in response to infection or injury of homeothermic animals.
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 53 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 79 [Search]


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GO:0006953 - acute-phase response (interactive image map)
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