Medically reviewed by Richard N. Fogoros, MD Key Takeaways High C-reactive protein (CRP) levels mean there is inflammation in your body. High CRP levels can signal conditions like heart disease, ...

C-reactive protein (CRP), the classical acute-phase protein, is the most extensively studied systemic marker of inflammation. In previous decades, CRP has been the focus of intense investigation to ...

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.

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 ...

Featured in The New York Times, gracing the cover of US News & World Report, highlighted on the Today Show, and uttered by Tom Brokaw on NBC's Nightly News, in the past week, no single person could ...

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 ...