Pentraxin 3: An immuno-regulator in the lungs

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Balhara, Jyoti ^a   Koussih, Latifa ^a,b   Zhang, Jingbo ^a,c   Gounni, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b University Saint Boniface   (Canada)

^c THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Complements; IL 1 ; Immune system; Lungs; PTX3; TNF

Indexed keywords

CD11B ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FICOLIN; GALACTOMANNAN; HEMAGGLUTININ; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; PADGEM PROTEIN; PENTRAXIN 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADIPOCYTE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASTHMA; BRAIN CELL; CARTILAGE CELL; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DENDRITIC CELL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE STRUCTURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLUENZA; INNATE IMMUNITY; LUNG; LUNG CARCINOMA; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84883763833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00127     Document Type: Article

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