Sputum pentraxin 3 as a candidate to assess airway inflammation and remodeling in childhood asthma

Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) is a soluble pattern recognition receptor and an acute-phase protein. It has gained attention as a new biomarker reflecting tissue inflammation and damage in a variety of diseases. Aim of this study is to investigate the role of PTX3 in childhood asthma. In total, 260 children (14...

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Published in:Medicine (Baltimore)
Main Authors: Kim, Min Jung, Lee, Hee Seon, Sol, In Suk, Kim, Mi Na, Hong, Jung Yeon, Lee, Kyung Eun, Kim, Yoon Hee, Kim, Kyung Won, Sohn, Myung Hyun, Kim, Kyu-Earn
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Wolters Kluwer Health 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5181822/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28002338
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000005677
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