Plasma pentraxin-3 as a marker of bioincompatibility in hemodialysis patients.

Conclusions: Our findings suggest that PTX3, which is rapidly produced by several cell types and released by neutrophils upon stimulation, could be a biomarker of HD-induced inflammation and of blood-membrane bioincompatibility.
PMID: 21725917 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)