Increased Levels of Circulating IL-16 and Apoptosis Markers Are Related to the Activity of Whipple's Disease

BACKGROUND: Whipple's disease (WD) is an infectious disease caused by Tropheryma whipplei, which replicates in macrophages and induces the release of interleukin (IL)-16, a substrate of caspase 3, and macrophage apoptosis. The disease is characterized by intestinal, cardiac or neurological mani...

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Autores principales: Benoit, Marie, Fenollar, Florence, Raoult, Didier, Mege, Jean-Louis
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1876813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17551575
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000494

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1876813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17551575
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000494

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