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Pentraxin 3 sputum levels differ in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease vs asthma
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Article
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Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology; 20240101, Issue: Preprints
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10811206
Abstract
Immune response has been implicated in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) is a multifunctional pattern recognition protein and an important component of the innate immune system that can be assessed in blood and induced sputum.