Article
Anti-microbial immunity is impaired in COPD patients with frequent exacerbations
2019-05-09
Abstract excerpt
<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> <h4>Background</h4> Patients with frequent exacerbations represent a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) sub-group requiring better treatment options. The aim of this study was to determine the innate immune mechanisms that underlie susceptibility to frequent exacerbations in COPD. <h4>Methods</h4> We measured sputum expression of immune mediators and bacterial loads in samples from p...
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- Literature Corpus work
- ab49320f-9db4-52bb-8e53-c0c8b77d2219
- DOI
- 10.1101/632372
