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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Autores principales: Zhang, S., Xie, J.G., Su, B.T., Li, J.L., Hu, N., Chen, J., Luo, G.W., Cui, T.P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2015
Materias:
Clinical Investigation
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

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