Adiponectin as inflammatory biomarker of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Background: Systemic inflammation appears to be a major factor linking COPD to metabolic disorders as comorbidities. Obesity is considered a state of chronic, low-grade inflammation in which a greater production of pro-inflammatory cytokines overcomes the production of cytokines with anti-inflammato...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2014-07-01
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| Series: | Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763814000533 |