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Ficolin-3 in rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.
Immunology letters - 1 Jan 2021
Catarino Sandra Jeremias, Andrade Fabiana Antunes, Bavia Lorena, Guilherme Luiza, Messias-Reason Iara Jose
Abstract excerpt
Rheumatic fever (RF) and chronic rheumatic heart disease (RHD) are complications of oropharyngeal infection caused by Streptococcus pyogenes. Despite the importance of the complement system against infections and autoimmunity diseases, studies on the role of the lectin pathway in RF and RHD are scarce. Thus, our aim was to evaluate the association of ficolin-3 serum levels, FCN3 polymorphisms and haplotypes with...
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