Serum decoy receptor 3 is a biomarker for disease severity in nonatopic asthma patients

Decoy receptor 3 (DcR3), a soluble receptor of the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, is a pleiotropic immunomodulator. The aim of this study was to investigate serum DcR3 levels in atopic and nonatopic asthma patients. Methods: The serum DcR3 levels of 70 adults with asthma and 20 healthy...

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Main Authors: Ming-Han Chen, Hung-Tsai Kan, Chun-Yu Liu, Wen-Kuang Yu, Shinn-Shing Lee, Jia-Horng Wang, Shie-Liang Hsieh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664616000486