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The Long Pentraxin PTX3 Is an Endogenous Inhibitor of Hyperoxaluria-Related Nephrocalcinosis and Chronic Kidney Disease

The long pentraxin 3 (PTX3) exerts a variety of regulatory functions in acute and chronic tissue inflammation. In particular, PTX3 acts as an opsonin for a variety of pathogens and endogenous particles. We hypothesized that PTX3 would exhibit opsonin-like functions toward calcium oxalate crystals, t...

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Autores principales: Marschner, Julian A., Mulay, Shrikant R., Steiger, Stefanie, Anguiano, Lidia, Zhao, Zhibo, Boor, Peter, Rahimi, Khosrow, Inforzato, Antonio, Garlanda, Cecilia, Mantovani, Alberto, Anders, Hans-Joachim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6167460/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30319631
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2018.02173