Pentraxin 3 Gene Polymorphisms and Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients | Zendy

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Pentraxin 3 Gene Polymorphisms and Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients

Author(s) -

Qian He,

Hongxing Li,

Yuwen Rui,

Lulu Liu,

Binchan He,

Yi Shi,

Xin Su

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix749

Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary disease , pulmonary aspergillosis , aspergillosis , respiratory disease , lung disease , disease , immunology , lung

Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) plays an important role in resistance to Aspergillus infections. Previous studies have suggested that PTX3 polymorphisms influence the risk of invasive aspergillosis among transplantation recipients. This study investigated the association between PTX3 gene polymorphisms and pulmonary aspergillosis in a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) population.

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