KROK 1 2013 – Question 21 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
Electrophoretic study of a blood serum sample, taken from the patient with pneumonia, revealed an increase in one of the protein fractions. Specify this fraction:
- A. α1 -globulins
- B. Albumins
- C. α2 -globulins
- D. γ-globulins
- E. β-globulins
Hint
Consider which serum protein fractions respond to an infection with inflammation, and ask which of them reflects specific immune activation.
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