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• PTX3 as a potential biomarker of acute lung injury: supporting evidence from animal experimentation.

  He X, Han B, Bai X, Zhang Y, Cypel M, Mura M, Keshavjee S, Liu M. He X, et al. Intensive Care Med. 2010 Feb;36(2):356-64. doi: 10.1007/s00134-009-1720-0. Epub 2009 Nov 18. Intensive Care Med. 2010. PMID: 19921147
• Persisting high levels of plasma pentraxin 3 over the first days after severe sepsis and septic shock onset are associated with mortality.

  Mauri T, Bellani G, Patroniti N, Coppadoro A, Peri G, Cuccovillo I, Cugno M, Iapichino G, Gattinoni L, Pesenti A, Mantovani A. Mauri T, et al. Intensive Care Med. 2010 Apr;36(4):621-9. doi: 10.1007/s00134-010-1752-5. Epub 2010 Jan 30. Intensive Care Med. 2010. PMID: 20119647 Clinical Trial.