Elevated cerebrospinal fluid cytokine levels in tuberculous meningitis predict survival in response to dexamethasone

Adjunctive treatment with antiinflammatory corticosteroids like dexamethasone increases survival in tuberculosis meningitis. Dexamethasone responsiveness associates with a C/T variant in Leukotriene A4 Hydrolase (LTA4H), which regulates expression of the proinflammatory mediator leukotriene B(4) (LT...

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Autores principales: Whitworth, Laura J., Troll, Rajan, Pagán, Antonio J., Roca, Francisco J., Edelstein, Paul H., Troll, Mark, Tobin, David M., Phu, Nguyen Hoan, Bang, Nguyen Duc, Thwaites, Guy E., Thuong, Nguyen Thuy Thuong, Sewell, Roger F., Ramakrishnan, Lalita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2021
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Biological Sciences
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7958233/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33658385
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2024852118

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