An Increased Proportion of Apoptosis in CD4+ T Lymphocytes Isolated from the Peripheral Blood in Patients with Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Background The pathophysiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) includes inflammation, oxidative stress, an imbalance of proteases and antiproteases and apoptosis which has been focused on lately. Abnormal apoptotic events have been demonstrated in both epithelial and endothelial c...

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Main Author: Jinyung Ju, M.D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2018-04-01
Series:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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Online Access:https://e-trd.org/search.php?where=aview&id=10.4046/trd.2017.0079&code=0003TRD&vmode=FULL