Open AccessQuantitative Analysis of Acute Phase Proteins in Post Chemo-Radiation Mucositis
Author(s) -
Chethana,
Pratima Rao,
Lal P Madathil,
Suresh Rao,
Pushparaja Shetty,
Madhvika Patidar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/13732.6591
Subject(s) - mucositis , erythrocyte sedimentation rate , radiation therapy , acute phase protein , medicine , c reactive protein , gastroenterology , inflammation , oncology , pathology
Oral mucositis induced by radiation is an inevitable but transient side-effect of radiotherapy. Acute phase proteins are a class of proteins whose phase concentrations fluctuate in response to inflammation. The best known of the acute phase proteins is C-reactive protein, a protein that rises in the blood with inflammation.