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Association of autophagy-related 16-like 1 (ATG16L1) gene polymorphism with sepsis severity in patients with sepsis and ventilator-associated pneumonia.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Sept 2014
Savva A, Plantinga T S, Kotanidou A, Farcas M, Baziaka F, Raftogiannis M, Orfanos S E, Dimopoulos G, Netea M G, Giamarellos-Bourboulis E J
Abstract excerpt
Autophagy is a highly conserved mechanism of eukaryotic cells implicated in cell homeostasis and elimination of intracellular pathogens. Functional polymorphisms in genes encoding for autophagy have been associated with susceptibility to inflammatory and infectious diseases, but data on severe infections are missing. The aim of the present study was to assess whether polymorphisms in genes encoding proteins...
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