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Vascular endothelial growth factor and the risk of smoking-related COPD.
Chest - 1 Jul 2003
Sakao Seiichiro, Tatsumi Koichiro, Hashimoto Tomohiro, Igari Hidetoshi, Shino Yuji, Shirasawa Hiroshi, Kuriyama Takayuki
Abstract excerpt
STUDY OBJECTIVES: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling may be required for maintenance of the alveolar structures, and alveolar septal cell apoptosis could contribute to the pathogenesis of COPD presenting emphysematous changes; however, the common mutation at position 936 in the 3...
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