title: C-reactive protein: just a biomarker of inflammation or a pathophysiological player in myocardial function and morphology?
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: Gerd
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Heusch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015870:Gene Expression; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007249:Inflammation / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008954:Models, Biological; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D019255:NADPH Oxidases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling
chemical_list: D015850:Interleukin-6; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D002097:C-Reactive Protein; C116888:Gpx3 protein, mouse; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; C060505:neutrophil cytosolic factor 1