A High Level of Soluble CD40L Is Associated with P. aeruginosa Infection in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis.

The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the concentration of sCD40L, a product of platelet activation, correlates with the presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the airway of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and to determine its possible clinical association.Sixty patients with CF, ranging i...

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Main Authors: Adriana Ester Bustamante, José Carlos Jaime-Pérez, Paula Cordero-Pérez, Gabriela Galindo-Rodríguez, Linda Elsa Muñoz-Espinosa, César Daniel Villarreal-Villarreal, Roberto Mercado-Longoria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5193430?pdf=render