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MFG-E8, a clearance glycoprotein of apoptotic cells, as a new marker of disease severity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Milk fat globule epidermal growth factor 8 (MFG-E8) is an opsonin involved in the phagocytosis of apoptotic cells. In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), apoptotic cell clearance is defective. However, whether aberrant MFG-E8 expression is involved in this defect is unknown....
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4671530/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26375445 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1414-431X20154730 |