<prompt> which of the following is not a negative phase reactants ?albumintransthyretinferritintranferrin  <response>: Acute Phase Reactants Proteins Defined-normal serum constituents that increase rapidly because of infection, injury, or trauma to tissues. Acute-phase proteins are a class of proteins whose plasma concentrations increase or decrease in response to inflammation. This response is called the acute-phase reaction . In response to injury local inflammatory cells neutrophils, granulocytes and macrophages secrete a number of cytokines into the bloodstream, most notable of which are the interleukins. The liver responds by producing a large number of acute-phase reactants. ref : robbins 10th ed 