Surfactant Protein A in Exhaled Endogenous Particles Is Decreased in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients: A Pilot Study.

<h4>Background</h4>Exhaled, endogenous particles are formed from the epithelial lining fluid in small airways, where surfactant protein A (SP-A) plays an important role in pulmonary host defense. Based on the knowledge that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) starts in the small...

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Main Authors: Mona Lärstad, Ann-Charlotte Almstrand, Per Larsson, Björn Bake, Sven Larsson, Evert Ljungström, Ekaterina Mirgorodskaya, Anna-Carin Olin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0144463&type=printable
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