PATHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Serum amyloid A (SAA): an acute phase protein and apolipoprotein.

Detailed explanation-2: -Serum amyloid A (SAA) proteins are a family of apolipoproteins and produced by the liver. These proteins play a highly essential role in all animals. Acute phase SAA proteins (A-SAAs) are secreted during the acute phase of inflammation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Examples include albumin, transferrin, transthyretin, retinol-binding protein, antithrombin, transcortin.

Detailed explanation-4: -Acute-phase reactant serum amyloid A (A-SAA) plays an important role in acute and chronic inflammation and is used in clinical laboratories as an indicator of inflammation.