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Role of Genetic Polymorphism Present in Macrophage Activation Syndrome Pathway in Post Mortem Biopsies of Patients with COVID-19.
Viruses - 31 Jul 2022
Zanchettin Aline Cristina, Barbosa Leonardo Vinicius, Dutra Anderson Azevedo, Prá Daniele Margarita Marani, Pereira Marcos Roberto Curcio, Stocco Rebecca Benicio, Martins Ana Paula Camargo, Vaz de Paula Caroline Busatta, Nagashima Seigo, de Noronha Lucia, Machado-Souza Cleber
Abstract excerpt
COVID-19 is a viral disease associated with an intense inflammatory response. Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS), the complication present in secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH), shares many clinical aspects observed in COVID-19 patients, and investigating the cytolytic function of the responsible cells for the first line of the immune response is important. Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded lung...
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