Nasal gene expression differentiates COPD from controls and overlaps bronchial gene expression

Abstract Background Nasal gene expression profiling is a promising method to characterize COPD non-invasively. We aimed to identify a nasal gene expression profile to distinguish COPD patients from healthy controls. We investigated whether this COPD-associated gene expression profile in nasal epithe...

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Main Authors: Ilse M. Boudewijn, Alen Faiz, Katrina Steiling, Erica van der Wiel, Eef D. Telenga, Susan J. M. Hoonhorst, Nick H. T. ten Hacken, Corry-Anke Brandsma, Huib A. M. Kerstjens, Wim Timens, Irene H. Heijink, Marnix R. Jonker, Harold G. de Bruin, J. Sebastiaan Vroegop, Henk R. Pasma, Wim G. Boersma, Pascal Wielders, Frank van den Elshout, Khaled Mansour, Avrum Spira, Marc E. Lenburg, Victor Guryev, Dirkje S. Postma, Maarten van den Berge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:Respiratory Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12931-017-0696-5