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: Fabrizia Bonacina, Andrea Baragetti, Alberico Luigi Catapano, Giuseppe Danilo Norata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Mediators of Inflammation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/725102
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