Ageing and long-term smoking affects KL-6 levels in the lung, induced sputum and plasma

BACKGROUND: KL-6 is a high-molecular-weight glycoprotein classified as a human MUC1 mucin. It was hypothesized that KL-6 could be detectable in the circulating blood and especially in airway secretions in lung diseases associated with mucus production such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (C...

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Autores principales: Ishikawa, Nobuhisa, Mazur, Witold, Toljamo, Tuula, Vuopala, Katri, Rönty, Mikko, Horimasu, Yasushi, Kohno, Nobuoki, Kinnula, Vuokko L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3114798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21569324
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-11-22

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3114798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21569324
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-11-22

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