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Inflammatory serum cytokines and chemokines increase associated with the disease extent in pediatric Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Cytokine - 1 Sept 2017
Morimoto Akira, Oh Yukiko, Nakamura Sachie, Shioda Yoko, Hayase Tomomi, Imamura Toshihiko, Kudo Kazuko, Imashuku Shinsaku
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is characterized by immature dendritic cell proliferation, infiltration of LCH lesions by various inflammatory cells, and a lesional cytokine storm. It is classified into three groups on the basis of disease extent, namely, multisystem with risk-organ involvement (MS+), multisystem without risk-organ involvement (MS-), and single-system (SS) disease. We...
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