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SUBMITTER: Sung Hsieh HH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5401868 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sung Hsieh Hsiao Hsin HH Chung Michael T MT Allen Ronald M RM Ranganathan Kavitha K Habbouche Joe J Cholok David D Butts Jonathan J Kaura Arminder A Tiruvannamalai-Annamalai Ramkumar R Breuler Chris C Priest Caitlin C Loder Shawn J SJ Li John J Li Shuli S Stegemann Jan J Kunkel Steven L SL Levi Benjamin B
Frontiers in endocrinology 20170424
<h4>Purpose</h4>Heterotopic ossification (HO) occurs in the setting of persistent systemic inflammation. The identification of reliable biomarkers can serve as an early diagnostic tool for HO, especially given the current lack of effective treatment strategies. Although serum biomarkers have great utility, they can be inappropriate or ineffective in traumatic acute injuries and in patients with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP). Therefore, the goal of this study is to profile the cytok ...[more]