Detection of Anti-Pentraxin-3 Autoantibodies in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis.

Pentraxin 3 (PTX3), in common with myeloperoxidase and proteinase 3, is stored in human neutrophil granules and is expressed on apoptotic neutrophil surface. We therefore investigated the presence of anti-PTX3 autoantibodies (aAbs) in the sera of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-associat...

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Main Authors: Amélie Simon, Jean-François Subra, Philippe Guilpain, Pascale Jeannin, Pascale Pignon, Simon Blanchard, Erwan Garo, Sébastien Jaillon, Alain Chevailler, Gilles Renier, Xavier Puéchal, Barbara Bottazzi, Alberto Mantovani, Yves Delneste, Jean-François Augusto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4721655?pdf=render