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Plasma Cytokine Profile in Tropical Endomyocardial Fibrosis: Predominance of TNF-a, IL-4 and IL-10

BACKGROUND: The participation of immune/inflammatory mechanisms in the pathogenesis of tropical endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) has been suggested by the finding of early blood and myocardial eosinophilia. However, the inflammatory activation status of late-stage EMF patients is still unknown. METHODO...

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Autores principales: Bossa, Aline S., Salemi, Vera M. C., Ribeiro, Susan P., Rosa, Daniela S., Ferreira, Ludmila Rodrigues Pinto, Ferreira, Suzete C., Nishiya, Anna Shoko, Mady, Charles, Kalil, Jorge, Cunha-Neto, Edecio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4193862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25303100
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108984