Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9385742 | Respiratory Medicine | 2005 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
EBC analysis successfully characterized important differences in stable COPD compared to exacerbation or smoking and non-smoking healthy individuals.
Keywords
FEV1IL-12p70AECOPDMMP-1TIMP-1IL-8PaO2PaCO2ICSIL-10IL-1βBALFVCEBCIL-6MMP-9TLCFEV1/FVCinterleukin 1 betaInterleukin 10interleukin 6Interleukin 8BALFICUintensive care unitChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseCOPDtumor necrosis factor alphaVolResidual volumeLABACytokinesforced vital capacityTotal lung capacityTNF-αFlow cytometrybronchoalveolar lavageSlipMatrix metalloproteinase 1Matrix metalloproteinase 9Bronchoalveolar lavage fluidExhaled breath condensateTissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1Inhaled corticosteroids
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Authors
Christian Gessner, Robert Scheibe, Michael Wötzel, Stefan Hammerschmidt, Hartmut Kuhn, Lothar Engelmann, Gerhard Hoheisel, Adrian Gillissen, Ulrich Sack, Hubert Wirtz,