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Human Serum Albumin Is an Essential Component of the Host Defense Mechanism Against Clostridium difficile Intoxication

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2018

Year

Alessandra di Masi, Loris Leboffe, Fabio Polticelli, Federica Tonon, Cristina Zennaro, Marianna Caterino, Pasquale Stano, Stephan Fischer, Marlen Hägele, Martin C. Müller,
The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Abstract

Our data provide evidence for a specific HSA-dependent self-defense mechanism against C difficile toxins and provide an explanation for the clinical correlation between CDI severity and hypoalbuminemia.

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