Three-year follow-up of Interleukin 6 and C-reactive protein in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Open Access
- 1 January 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Respiratory Research
- Vol. 14 (1), 24
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-14-24
Abstract
Past studies have shown that mean values of Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and C-reactive protein (CRP) do not change significantly in COPD patients over a one-year period. However, longer period follow-up studies are still lacking. Thus, the aim of this study is to evaluate plasma CRP and IL-6 concentration over three years in COPD patients and to test the association between these inflammatory mediators and disease outcome markers.Keywords
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