Article
Inflammatory discordance phenotype in COPD: Dissociation between neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and conventional markers.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2026
Colakoglu Can, Ozsahin Sefa Levent
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous disorder with diverse inflammatory profiles. Long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) identifies a subgroup of patients with advanced disease; however, the systemic inflammatory characteristics of this population remain incompletely defined. OBJECTIVE: To investigate systemic inflammatory markers in clinically stable COPD patients according to...
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- Humans
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Neutrophils
- Male
- Female
- Lymphocytes
- Biomarkers
