Vitamin D nutritional status and vitamin D regulated antimicrobial peptides in serum and pleural fluid of patients with infectious and noninfectious pleural effusions

BACKGROUND: Vitamin D and vitamin D dependent antimicrobial peptides such as Cathelicidin (LL-37) and β-defensin 2 have an important role in innate and adaptative immunity, but their role in pleural effusions has not been studied before. METHODS: Serum and pleural fluid samples from 152 patients wit...

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Autores principales: Amado, Carlos A., García-Unzueta, María T., Fariñas, M. Carmen, Santos, Francisca, Ortiz, María, Muñoz-Cacho, Pedro, Amado, José A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4938913/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27392908
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-016-0259-4

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