Printer friendly
New search features  |  Acronym Blog
Google Toolbar button
Add to Google Home Page
Add Acronym Finder search to IE7
Free tools

Acronym Finder logo: click for home page
abbreviation to define
  

Examples: NFL, NASA, PSP, HIPAA, random
Word(s) in meaning: chat  "global warming"
Postal codes: USA: 81657, Canada: T5A 0A7

Save this page to del.icio.us  Save this page to Yahoo  Stumble It!  Digg this!  submit to Reddit  post to Facebook  add to Google Personal Home Page  add to your favorites/bookmarks

What does APR stand for?

Acute Phase Response


Suggest new definition

This definition appears very rarely and is found in the following Acronym Finder categories:

  • Science, medicine, engineering, etc.

See other meanings of APR

Other Resources:

Link/Page Citation...

<< PreviousAbbreviation Database SurferNext >>
Accountability Progress Reporting
Accreditation in Public Relations
Accredited, Public Relations Society of America
Acoustic Paramagnetic Resonance
Acoustic Product Request
Acoustic Pulse Reflectometry
Acquisition Planning Records
Acquisition(s) Procurement Request
Actions Préparatoires au Recrutement (French: Preparatory Action in Recruitment)
Active Position Return
Adaptive Plot Refinement
Adaptive Power Residue
Adjusted Pitching Runs (arcane baseball statistic)
Adult Plant Resistance
Advance Production Release
Advanced Port Replicator (portable computer dock)
Advisory Panel on Research
African Peer Review
Agency Procurement Request
Agricultural Plastics Recycle



Samples in periodicals archive:
2) The acute phase response is characterised by a decrease in serum iron (Fe), zinc (Zn) and selenium (Se), as well as an increase in serum copper (Cu).
ESPAT, NJ; AUFFENBERG, T; ROSENBERG, JJ; ROGY, M; MARTIN, D; FANG, CH; HASSELGREN, PO; COPELAND, EM & MOLDAWER, LL 1996: Ciliary neurotrophic factor is catabolic and shares with IL-6 the capacity to induce an acute phase response.
Some aspects of the acute phase response after a marathon race and the effects of glutamine supplementation.
Successful MI compensation involved early remote zone gene activation, including an acute phase response, initiation of a cytoprotective program, recruitment of extensive developmental transcription factors and induction of signaling pathways associated with cell proliferation.
Particulate air pollution is associated with an acute phase response in men: Results from the MONICA-Augsburg Study.
Compared with parenteral nutrition, enteral feeding attenuates the acute phase response and improves disease severity in acute pancreatitis.
For example, in galactosamine-induced hepatitis, an acute phase response protects completely against liver injury based on some parameters, but only protects partially based on serum beta-glucuronidase activities (Parsons and DiSilvestro, 1994).
In the acute phase response, production of neutrophils white blood cells, which fight invaders goes up.

Home  |  Help  |  About  |  What's New?  |  Suggest new acronym  |  Link to Us  |  Search Tools  |  Press
State Abbreviations  |  Partners  |  Contributors  |  Return Links  |  Statistics  |  Fun Buzzword Acronyms!  |  Read the AF Blog

All trademarks/service marks referenced on this site are properties of their respective owners.
The Acronym Finder is ©1988-2012, Acronym Finder, All Rights Reserved.  Feedback
Terms of usage   |  Licensing info  |  Advertising info  |  Privacy Policy  |  Site Map