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Pentraxin-3 Serum Levels Are Associated with Disease Severity and Mortality in Patients with Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome

The long pentraxin-3 (PTX3) is a key component of the humoral arm of the innate immune system. PTX3 is produced locally in response to pro-inflammatory stimuli. To investigate PTX3 levels and its use as a biomarker in patients with systemic inflammation, we developed a solid-phase enzyme-linked immu...

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Autores principales: Bastrup-Birk, Simone, Skjoedt, Mikkel-Ole, Munthe-Fog, Lea, Strom, Jens J., Ma, Ying Jie, Garred, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3767672/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24039869
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073119