Serum amyloid A – a review

Serum Amyloid A (SAA) as Early Diagnosis of COVID-19 Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background and Aim: In December 2019, human-to-human transmission of respiratory illness (pneumonia) with fever and sputum was discovered in the respiratory tract, called COVID-19. Serum amyloid A (SAA) is an acute-phase plasma protein that is considered to be diagnostically superior to CRP in pathological conditions such as viral diseases. Therefore, the study question in this review is whethe...

Serum concentrations of haptoglobin and serum amyloid A in water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) with abomasal ulcer

To evaluate the serum concentrations of haptoglobin (Hp) and serum amyloid A (SAA) in water buffaloes with abomasal ulcers, the abomasums of 100 randomly selected water buffaloes were examined after slaughter. Type I abomasal ulcers were found in 56 out of 100 buffaloes. Serum concentrations of Hp and SAA were measured. There was no significant difference between affected and non-affected buffa...

Removal of Serum Amyloid A

Serum amyioid A (SAA) 1 is presumed to be the precursor for amyloid A protein, the main protein constituent found in the amyioid fibrils of reactive amyloidosis (1-3). In the mouse SAA is encoded by a family of three genes (Morrow, John F., personal communication). SAA1 and SAA2 are synthesized in the liver by hepatocytes (4-10) and are found circulating in nearly equal quantities associated wi...

Human serum amyloid A (SAA)

Serum amyloid A apol ipoprote in family consists of three members that in human beings are coded by different genes: SAA1, SAA2, and SAA4 (reviewed in 1-3). SAA1 and SAA2 are so-called acute phase isoforms. Their expression is increased in response to inflammation. SAA4 is a constitutive isoform, the expression of which does not change during an acute-phase response. In addition, one more relat...

Serum Amyloid A-Luciferase Transgenic