Miscellaneous and Abnormal levels of Proteins

Question 1

Increased protein loss conditions such as nephrotic syndrome, protein-losing enteropathy, blood loss, and extensive burns

Answer 1

Hypoproteinemia

Question 2

Caused by malnutrition or malabsorption, including types such as undernutrition, inadequate vitamins or minerals, overweight, and diet-related diseases

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Hypoproteinemia

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Decreased protein synthesis due to liver diseases such as hepatic cirrhosis

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Hypoproteinemia

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Increased protein catabolism in conditions like infection, inflammation, burns, or trauma (decreased Albumin, increased α1 and α2)

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Hypoproteinemia

Question 5

Proteins that increase in inflammation including α1-antitrypsin, α1-acid glycoprotein, α1-antichymotrypsin, haptoglobin, ceruloplasmin, fibrinogen, and CRP

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Positive APRs

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Proteins that decrease during inflammation including pre-albumin, RBP, albumin, transferrin, and antithrombin

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Negative APRs

Question 7

Immunodeficiency disorders characterized by reduced or absent gamma globulins

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Hypogammaglobulinemia or Agammaglobulinemia

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Monoclonal gammopathy diseases such as multiple myeloma (IgG) and Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia (IgM, tall gamma peak)

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Hyperproteinemia

Question 9

Caused by dehydration leading to a relative increase in protein concentration

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Hyperproteinemia

Question 10

Oxygen carrier in muscles, cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), earliest to increase in case of acute MI, increases 2-3 hours of onset, peaks at 8-12 hours, increases in crushing injury and muscle dystrophy

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Myoglobin

Question 11

Cardiac marker for acute coronary syndrome

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Troponin (cTn)

Question 12

Neurohormones that affect body fluid homeostasis and blood pressure, marker for congestive heart failure

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Brain Natriuretic peptide

Question 13

Cellular interaction (e.g. cell adhesion), adherence of the placenta to the uterus, increases in preterm labor and delivery

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Fetal fibronectin (fFN)

Question 14

Proteolytic fragment of collagen, biochemical marker of bone resorption (destruction)

Answer 14

Cross-Linked C-Telopeptides

Question 15

Synonym: Prostaglandin D synthase, marker for CSF leakage (e.g. head injuries), increases with damage in the blood-brain barrier

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β-Trace Protein

Question 16

Cysteine proteinase inhibitor, serum marker for glomerular filtration rate (kidney function), used for diabetes mellitus patients

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Cystatin C

Question 17

Fibrous protein aggregates formed from alteration of β pleated sheaths, increases in amyloidosis, differential diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, low Aβ42 with high Tau proteins

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Amyloid

Question 18

Condition characterized by cirrhosis with β-γ bridging

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Hepatic damage

Question 19

Condition characterized by hepatitis with increased γ-globulins

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Hepatic damage

Question 20

Condition characterized by obstructive jaundice with increased α2-globulins

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Hepatic damage

Question 21

Burns, trauma, and infections causing increased α2-globulins

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Burns and trauma

Question 22

Acute infections causing increased

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α1 and α2-globulins

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Chronic infections causing increased

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α1, α2, and γ-globulins

Question 24

Malabsorption or inadequate diet causing increased

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α2 and β-globulins but decreased γ-globulins

Question 25

Immunodeficiency syndrome is characterized by decreased levels of what protein bands?

Answer 25

Decreased total protein and globulin levels

Question 26

Salt retention syndrome causing a decrease in

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Albumin, globulins, and total protein

Question 27

Nephrotic syndrome characteristic of protein band

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Decreased albumin, increased α2, decreased γ-globulin

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Protein-losing enteropathy protein band characteristic

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Decreased albumin, increased α2, decreased globulin band

Question 29

Hepatic cirrhosis protein band characteristics

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Polyclonal gammopathy, β-γ bridging

Question 30

Decreased albumin, increased α1 and α2 is a feature of

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Immediate response pattern - acute inflammation

Question 31

Decreased albumin, increased α1 and α2, increased γ-globulin

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Delayed response pattern - chronic inflammation

Question 32

Hypogammaglobulinemia pattern

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Decreased γ-globulin

Question 33

Increased albumin and increased γ-globulin

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Paraprotein - monoclonal gammopathy

Question 34

Detected sooner than troponin but not cardiac specific; negative predictor of AMI

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Myoglobin

Question 35

Gold standard marker for ACS with sustained elevation

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Cardiac troponins

Question 36

Marker that has greater cardiac specificity than TnT

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TnI

Question 37

Structurally related neurohormones that affect body fluid homeostasis and blood pressure

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Natriuretic peptides BNP and NT-proBNP

Question 38

Markers used in cases where creatinine measurement is not appropriate

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Cystatin C and β Trace Protein

Question 39

Endogenous marker of GFR; correlates with serum cystatin C and urine microproteins; not influenced by glucocorticoid therapy

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β Trace Protein

Question 40

Biomarker of bacteremia and sepsis; increases early in infection and has greater specificity for infection than CRP

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Procalcitonin

Question 41

Plasma FN used as a marker for nutritional status and demonstrates cellular interactions like adhesion, differentiation, and wound healing

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Fibronectin

Question 42

Inverse correlation with BMI; decreased levels indicate increased risk of metabolic syndrome

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Adiponectin

Question 43

Biochemical marker of bone resorption and osteoporosis; proteolytic fragment of collagen I

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Cross-linked C Telopeptides

Question 44

Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease characterized by what proteins

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Neuronal thread protein, Amyloid β42, Tau protein (increased NTP, decreased Aβ42, and increased Tau proteins)