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Increased circulating desmosine and age-dependent elastinolysis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Although chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) seem to be opposite entities from a clinical perspective, common initial pathogenic steps have been suggested in both lung diseases. Emphysema is caused by an elastase/anti-elastase imbalance leading to acc...

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Autores principales: de Brouwer, Bart, Drent, Marjolein, van den Ouweland, Jody M. W., Wijnen, Petal A., van Moorsel, Coline H. M., Bekers, Otto, Grutters, Jan C., White, Eric S., Janssen, Rob
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5859529/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29558926
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-018-0747-6