Monocyte programmed death ligand-1 expression is an early marker for predicting infectious complications in acute pancreatitis
Abstract Background Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a life-threatening disease that requires early identification of patients at risk of developing infectious complications. Immunosuppression is an initial event that is key to AP pathogenesis. The programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) and programmed cell death...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-07-01
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Series: | Critical Care |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-017-1781-3 |