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Parente, R., Bottazzi, B., Mantovani, A., Inforzato, A. (2016). PTX3. In: Choi, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6438-9_101746-1

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