Pentraxins
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Pentraxins (PTX), also known as pentaxins, are an evolutionary conserved family of
Structure
Pentraxins are characterised by
Family members
Three of the principal members of the pentraxin family are serum proteins: namely, CRP,[4] SAP,[5] and hamster female protein (FP).[6] PTX3 (or TSG-14) protein is a cytokine-induced protein that is homologous to CRPs and SAPs.
C-reactive protein
Pentraxin 3
Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) is an acute phase protein whose levels rise during severe infections in humans. In case of central nervous system infections PTX3 helps distinguishes between
Serum amyloid P component
Hamster female protein
Hamster female protein is a SAP homologue found in
Nervous system
Pentraxin proteins expressed in the nervous system are neural pentraxin I (
Human
Human genes encoding proteins that contain this domain include: