Probiotic supplementation significantly lowers CRP levels in patients with depression, especially in those with metabolic syndrome or those using antidepressants, a randomised clinical trial finds.

Chronic inflammation is a slow, silent fire that burns within the body. It doesn’t cause obvious pain at first, but over time ...

Overall survival, cancer-specific survival and progression-free survival were all negatively affected by elevated C-reactive protein levels, this study found. A new meta-analysis supports the idea ...

C-reactive protein (CRP), the classical acute-phase protein, is the most extensively studied systemic marker of inflammation. In previous decades, CRP has been the focus of intense investigation to ...

An inflamed arterial wall tips the balance toward a plaque rupture-the kind of event that can trigger a heart attack or stroke in an instant. In paral ...

Inflammation is a key player that fuels a range of conditions, from inflammatory autoimmune conditions to neurodegeneration and heart disease. The American Heart Association also states that chronic ...

The biological function of the C-reactive protein, CRP, has long been unknown. Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden now show that this protein has a beneficial function in systemic lupus ...