Functionally defective high-density lipoproteins are related to heightened T-cell activation in vertically

Talía Sainz1, Adriana Ortega-Hernández, Sergio Serrano-Villar

  • 1*Laboratorio de InmunoBiología Molecular, Department of Pediatrics, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM), Servicio de Pediatría e Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain; †Laboratorio de Vascular, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain; ‡Department of Infectious Diseases, Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas e IRYCIS, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, and IRYCIS, Madrid, Spain; §Department of Pediatrics, Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain; ‖Department of Pediatrics, Unidad de Inmunodeficiencias pediátricas, Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre, Madrid, Spain; ¶Department of Pediatrics, Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital de Getafe, Madrid, Spain; #Department of Pediatrics, Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; **Department of Internal Medicine, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain; and ††Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Madrid, Spain.

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