Inherited Variation in Cytokine, Acute Phase Response, and Calcium Metabolism Genes Affects Susceptibility to Infective Endocarditis

• Main Authors: Anastasia V. Ponasenko (Author), Anton G. Kutikhin (Author), Maria V. Khutornaya (Author), Natalia V. Rutkovskaya (Author), Natalia V. Kondyukova (Author), Yuri N. Odarenko (Author), Yana V. Kazachek (Author), Anna V. Tsepokina (Author), Leonid S. Barbarash (Author), Arseniy E. Yuzhalin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Infective endocarditis (IE) is a septic inflammation of the endocardium. Recognition of microbial patterns, cytokine and acute phase responses, hemostasis features, and alterations in plasma lipid and calcium profile all have been reported to affect pathogenesis and clinical course of IE. Having rec...