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Androgen-Influenced Polarization of Activin A-Producing Macrophages Accompanies Post-pyelonephritic Renal Scarring.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2020
Hreha Teri N, Collins Christina A, Daugherty Allyssa L, Griffith Jessie M, Hruska Keith A, Hunstad David A
Abstract excerpt
Ascending bacterial pyelonephritis, a form of urinary tract infection (UTI) that can result in hospitalization, sepsis, and other complications, occurs in ~250,000 US patients annually; uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) cause a large majority of these infections. Although UTIs are primarily a disease of women, acute pyelonephritis in males is associated with increased mortality and morbidity, including renal...
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