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Systemic inflammatory profile and response to anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by progressive worsening of airflow limitation associated with abnormally inflamed airways in older smokers. Despite correlative evidence for a role for tumor necrosis factor-alpha in the pathogenesis of COPD, the anti-tumor n...

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Autores principales: Loza, Matthew J, Watt, Rosemary, Baribaud, Frédéric, Barnathan, Elliot S, Rennard, Stephen I
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3287122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22300528
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-13-12