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Autoantibodies in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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2007

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Carol Feghali‐Bostwick, Aneal S. Gadgil, Leo E. Otterbein, Joseph M. Pilewski, Michael W. Stoner, Eva Csizmadia, Yingze Zhang, Frank C. Sciurba, Steven R. Duncan
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Abstract

IgG autoantibodies with avidity for pulmonary epithelium, and the potential to mediate cytotoxicity, are prevalent in patients with COPD. Autoreactive adaptive immune responses may be important in the etiology of this disease.

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