Protective Effects of Long Pentraxin PTX3 on Lung Injury in a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Model in Mice

Protective Effects of Long Pentraxin PTX3 on Lung Injury in a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Model in Mice

The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003 reinforces the potential of lethal pandemics of respiratory viral infection s. The underlying mechanisms of SARS are still largely undefined. Long pentraxin PTX3, a humoral mediator of innate immunity, has been reported to have anti-vi...

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Main Authors: Han, Bing, Ma, Xuezhong, Zhang, Jianhua, Zhang, Yu, Bai, Xiaohui, Hwang, David M., Keshavjee, Shaf, Levy, Gary, McGilvray, Ian, Liu, Mingyao
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3955193/

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