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Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Gene Expression in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
23 May 2013
Abstract excerpt
Although most cases of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) occur in smokers, only a fraction of smokers develop the disease. We hypothesized distinct molecular signatures for COPD and emphysema in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of current and former smokers. To test this hypothesis, we identified and validated PBMC gene expression profiles in smokers with and without COPD. We generated...
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