Table 1.

The basic characteristics of two short pentraxins, CRP and SAP.

Characteristics	CRP	SAP
Genomic location	1q23.2	1q23.2
Gene sequence	1.8 kb in length, 0.1 kb of 5' UTR, 1.2 kb of 3' UTR	1.1 kb in length, 0.1 kb of 5' UTR, 0.15 kb of 3' UTR
Domain structures	Pentraxin-related, ConA-like_dom_sf, Pentaxin_CS	Pentraxin-related, ConA-like_dom_sf, Pentaxin_CS
Top tissue expression	Liver	Liver
Signaling pathway	PI3K/Akt signaling pathway (25), JAK/STAT signaling pathway (35)	PI3K/Akt/ERK signaling pathway (56)

CRP, C-reactive protein; SAP, serum amyloid P component; UTR, un-translated region; The domain structures were obtained from the Genecard database.