Association of ficolin-3 with severity and outcome of chronic heart failure.

Association of ficolin-3 with severity and outcome of chronic heart failure.

BACKGROUND: Inflammatory mechanisms involving complement activation has been shown to take part in the pathophysiology of congestive heart failure, but the initiating mechanisms are unknown. We hypothesized that the main initiator molecules of the lectin complement pathway mannose-binding lectin (MB...

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Main Authors: Zoltán Prohászka, Lea Munthe-Fog, Thor Ueland, Timea Gombos, Arne Yndestad, Zsolt Förhécz, Mikkel-Ole Skjoedt, Zoltan Pozsonyi, Alice Gustavsen, Lívia Jánoskuti, István Karádi, Lars Gullestad, Christen P Dahl, Erik T Askevold, George Füst, Pål Aukrust, Tom E Mollnes, Peter Garred
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3626638?pdf=render

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