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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2018

Evaluating the Value of Defensins for Diagnosing Secondary Bacterial Infections in Influenza-Infected Patients.

Siyu Zhou, Xianwen Ren, Jian Yang, Qi Jin

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Siyu ZhouMOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Peking Union Medical College, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xianwen RenBIOPIC, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Jian YangMOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Peking Union Medical College, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Qi JinMOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Peking Union Medical College, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNPeking University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute respiratory infections by influenza viruses are commonly causes of severe pneumonia, which can further deteriorate if secondary bacterial infections occur. Although the viral and bacterial agents are quite diverse, defensins, a set of antimicrobial peptides expressed by the host, may provide promising biomarkers that would greatly improve the diagnosis and treatment. We examined the correlations between the gene expression levels of defensins and the viral and bacterial loads in the blood on a longitudinal, precision-medical study of a severe pneumonia patient infected by influenza A H7N9 virus. We found that DEFA5 is positively correlated to the blood load of influenza A H7N9 virus (

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bacterial infectiondefensindiagnosisgene expressionviral infection

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