During trauma, what happens to negative acute-phase respondent levels?
A)Blood levels decrease because of decreased synthesis.
B)Blood levels increase because of transport into the vascular space.
C)Blood levels are not altered because of the catabolism of proteins.
D)Blood levels are similar to what they would be during simple starvation.

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During the acute phase of trauma, the negative acute-phase respondent levels decrease in the blood.Part of this is because of decreased synthesis resulting from a downregulation of gene expression and translation.In the case of albumin, other aspects of the reduction include increased catabolism and transport to extravascular spaces.This is different from what happens to albumin during starvation because in that case, plasma albumin levels are maintained by a shift from the extravascular space.

During Trauma, What Happens to Negative Acute-Phase Respondent Levels