PTX3 and allergic asthma: For instance, pentraxin-3-overexpressing melanoma cells manifested a reversed transition from a mesenchymal to an epithelial-like appearance, inhibition of cell proliferation, reduced motility and invasive capacity, a down-regulation of various mesenchymal markers, and an upregulation of the epithelial marker E-cadherin (103), all which are features happening in allergic asthma.