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Mucin expression in peripheral airways of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

DOI

154

Citations

26

References

2004

Year

Gaetano Caramori, Carmela Di Gregorio, I Carlstedt, Paolo Casolari, Ippolito Guzzinati, Ian M. Adcock, Peter J. Barnes, A Ciaccia, Giorgio Cavallesco, Kian Fan Chung,
Histopathology

Abstract

COPD is specifically associated with increased expression of MUC5B in the bronchiolar lumen and of the mucin MUC5AC in the bronchiolar epithelium. These changes in mucin production in the peripheral airways may contribute to the pathophysiology of COPD.

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