Long pentraxin 3: Experimental and clinical relevance in cardiovascular diseases

Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) is an essential component of the humoral arm of innate immunity and belongs, together with the C-reactive protein (CRP) and other acute phase proteins, to the pentraxins' superfamily: soluble, multifunctional, pattern recognition proteins. Pentraxins share a common C-terminal...

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Main Authors: Bonacina, F., Baragetti, A., Catapano, A., Norata, Giuseppe
Format: Journal Article
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55760