Question: A 26-year-old woman is evaluated due to lower abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea. The patient experiences low-grade fever and fatigue. On examination, the patient is found to have left lower quadrant tenderness. Radiological imaging shows thickening of the distal colon and the rectum. One of the laboratory tests is done by placing the patient's anticoagulated blood in an upright thin tube without any intervention. The red blood cells of the patient clumped at a fast rate of 48 mm/hr. Serum levels of which of the following explain the patient laboratory test findings?

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Eductional Objective: 
Chronic inflammatory states lead to an increase in the production of the pro-inflammatory cytokines including ( IL-1, IL-6, and TNF alpha) which promotes the liver to secrete acute phase reactants. This explains the presence of increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate, which is a non-specific sign of inflammation.

Question: a 26-Year-Old Woman Is Evaluated Due to Lower Abdominal