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SUBMITTER: Suzuki Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6120933 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Suzuki Yuzo Y Shirai Masahiro M Asada Kazuhiro K Yasui Hideki H Karayama Masato M Hozumi Hironao H Furuhashi Kazuki K Enomoto Noriyuki N Fujisawa Tomoyuki T Nakamura Yutaro Y Inui Naoki N Shirai Toshihiro T Hayakawa Hiroshi H Suda Takafumi T
Scientific reports 20180903 1
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of fatal infectious disease. Accumulations of macrophages are found in infected sites; thus, we hypothesized that a marker of activated macrophages may be related to prognosis of pulmonary TB (PTB). This study investigated serum soluble macrophage mannose receptor, sCD206, in PTB and examined its clinical significance. First, the concentration of sCD206 was measured in the sera of 96 patients with PTB (Tenryu cohort), and in pleural effusions from 29 pat ...[more]