Article
Phenotyping of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Based on the Integration of Metabolomes and Clinical Characteristics.
International journal of molecular sciences - 27 Feb 2018
Kilk Kalle, Aug Argo, Ottas Aigar, Soomets Ursel, Altraja Siiri, Altraja Alan
Abstract excerpt
Apart from the refined management-oriented clinical stratification of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the molecular pathologies behind this highly prevalent disease have remained obscure. The aim of this study was the characterization of patients with COPD, based on the metabolomic profiling of peripheral blood and exhaled breath condensate (EBC) within the context of defined clinical and...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Biomarkers
- Case-Control Studies
- Cluster Analysis
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Metabolome
- Metabolomics
- Middle Aged
- Models, Statistical
