Overexpression of chitotriosidase and YKL-40 in peripheral blood and sputum of healthy smokers and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

BACKGROUND: Despite the absence of endogenous chitin in humans, chitinases are present in the serum of healthy subjects and their levels are increased in a variety of chronic inflammatory conditions. It has been shown that chitotriosidase and structurally related chitinase-like protein-YKL-40 contri...

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Autores principales: Majewski, Sebastian, Tworek, Damian, Szewczyk, Karolina, Kiszałkiewicz, Justyna, Kurmanowska, Zofia, Brzeziańska-Lasota, Ewa, Jerczyńska, Hanna, Antczak, Adam, Piotrowski, Wojciech Jerzy, Górski, Paweł
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6660640/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31413557
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S184097

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