Vascular endothelial growth factor: an angiogenic factor reflecting airway inflammation in healthy smokers and in patients with bronchitis type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

BACKGROUND: Patients with bronchitis type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have raised vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels in induced sputum. This has been associated with the pathogenesis of COPD through apoptotic and oxidative stress mechanisms. Since, chronic airway in...

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Autores principales: Rovina, Nikoletta, Papapetropoulos, Andreas, Kollintza, Androniki, Michailidou, Makrina, Simoes, Davina CM, Roussos, Charis, Gratziou, Christina
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1939848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17631682
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-8-53

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