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Budesonide/Formoterol Enhances the Expression of Pro Surfactant Protein-B in Lungs of COPD Patients

RATIONALE & AIM: Pulmonary surfactants are essential components of lung homeostasis. In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), surfactant expression decreases in lungs whereas, there is a paradoxical increase in protein expression in plasma. The latter has been associated with poor health...

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Autores principales: Um, Soo Jung, Lam, Stephen, Coxson, Harvey, Man, Shu Fan Paul, Sin, Don D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3873417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24386300
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083881