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Genetic PTX3 Deficiency and Aspergillosis in Stem-Cell Transplantation

2014; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 370; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1056/nejmoa1211161

ISSN

1533-4406

Autores

Cristina Cunha, Franco Aversa, João F. Lacerda, Alessandro Busca, Oliver Kurzai, Matthias Grube, Jürgen Löffler, Johan Maertens, Alain S. Bell, Antonio Inforzato, Elisa Barbati, Bruno Almeida, Pedro Santos e Sousa, Anna Maria Barbui, Leonardo Potenza, Morena Caira, Fernando Rodrigues, Giovanni Salvatori, Livio Pagano, Mario Luppi, Alberto Mantovani, Andrea Velardi, Luigina Romani, Agostinho Carvalho,

Tópico(s)

Leptospirosis research and findings

Resumo

The soluble pattern-recognition receptor known as long pentraxin 3 (PTX3) has a nonredundant role in antifungal immunity. The contribution of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in PTX3 to the development of invasive aspergillosis is unknown.

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