GDF-15 plasma levels in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are associated with subclinical coronary artery disease

BACKGROUND: Growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15), a cytokine associated with cardiovascular mortality, increases during chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations, but any role in stable COPD is unknown. We tested associations between GDF-15 and subclinical coronary atherosclero...

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Autores principales: Martinez, Carlos H., Freeman, Christine M., Nelson, Joshua D., Murray, Susan, Wang, Xin, Budoff, Matthew J., Dransfield, Mark T., Hokanson, John E., Kazerooni, Ella A., Kinney, Gregory L., Regan, Elizabeth A., Wells, J. Michael, Martinez, Fernando J., Han, MeiLan K., Curtis, Jeffrey L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5331711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28245821
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-017-0521-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5331711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28245821
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-017-0521-1

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