Procalcitonin neutralizes bacterial LPS and reduces LPS-induced cytokine release in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells

BACKGROUND: Procalcitonin (PCT) is a polypeptide with several cationic aminoacids in its chemical structure and it is a well known marker of sepsis. It is now emerging that PCT might exhibit some anti-inflammatory effects. The present study, based on the evaluation of the in vitro interaction betwee...

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Autores principales: Matera, Giovanni, Quirino, Angela, Giancotti, Aida, Pulicari, Maria Concetta, Rametti, Linda, Rodríguez, Maria Luz, Liberto, Maria Carla, Focà, Alfredo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3406977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22568957
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-12-68

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3406977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22568957
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-12-68

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