Ageing and long-term smoking affects KL-6 levels in the lung, induced sputum and plasma

Background KL-6 is a high-molecular-weight glycoprotein classified as a human MUC1 mucin. It was hypothesized that KL-6 could be detectable in the circulating blood and especially in airway secretions in lung diseases associated with mucus production such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (CO...
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Ishikawa, Nobuhisa [verfasserIn]

Mazur, Witold

Toljamo, Tuula

Vuopala, Katri

Rönty, Mikko

Horimasu, Yasushi

Kohno, Nobuoki

Kinnula, Vuokko L

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E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2011

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patient

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Group

Young Smoker

Chronic Airway Disease

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© Ishikawa et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2011. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (

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Enthalten in: BMC pulmonary medicine - London : BioMed Central, 2001, 11(2011), 1 vom: 11. Mai

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volume:11 ; year:2011 ; number:1 ; day:11 ; month:05

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DOI / URN:

10.1186/1471-2466-11-22

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SPR02798723X

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