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Human C-reactive protein (CRP)
The C-reactive protein (CRP) is a plasma protein, mainly synthesized by the liver. Its concentration may increase rapidly, as much as 1000-fold or more, in response to tissue injury, infection and inflammation: It's an acute-phase protein. This important rise in amount after inflammatory stimulus suggests that CRP is a part of the innate immune response in the host defense. CRP is a pattern recognition molecule, binding to specific molecular configurations that are typically exposed during cell death or found on the surfaces of pathogens.