Smoking reduces surfactant protein D and phospholipids in patients with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Pulmonary surfactant D (SP-D) has important regulatory functions for innate immunity and has been implicated as a biomarker for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We hypothesized that COPD patients would have reduced bronc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-10-01
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| Series: | BMC Pulmonary Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2466/10/53 |