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Matrix metalloprotease polymorphisms are associated with gas transfer in alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency.
Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease - 1 Feb 2009
McAloon Christopher J, Wood Alice M, Gough Stephen C, Stockley Robert A
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency [AATD] is associated with variable development of emphysema and other features of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD]. Matrix metalloproteinases [MMPs] are believed to be important in the pathophysiology of COPD, and may therefore confer suscept...
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