| Autor: |
Subramanian Nellaiappan, Pavan Kumar Mandali, Amrish Prabakaran, Uma Maheswari Krishnan |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
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| Zdroj: |
Chemosensors, Vol 9, Iss 7, p 182 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2227-9040 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/chemosensors9070182 |
| Popis: |
Human procalcitonin (PCT) is a peptide precursor of the calcium-regulating hormone calcitonin. Traditionally, PCT has been used as a biomarker for severe bacterial infections and sepsis. It has also been recently identified as a potential marker for COVID-19. Normally, serum PCT is intracellularly cleaved to calcitonin, which lowers the levels of PCT ( |
| Databáze: |
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