Kerbs von Lungren 6 antigen is a marker of alveolar inflammation but not of infection in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

BACKGROUND: Kerbs von Lungren 6 antigen (KL-6) is expressed on the surface of alveolar type II cells, and elevated plasma and epithelial lining fluid levels of KL-6 have previously been shown to correlate with the severity of disease and survival in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The re...

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Autores principales: Nathani, Nazim, Perkins, Gavin D, Tunnicliffe, William, Murphy, Nick, Manji, Mav, Thickett, David R
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2374609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18269741
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc6785

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2374609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18269741
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc6785

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