Association of Serum Galectin-3 with the Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

CONCLUSIONS Our results indicated that serum Gal-3 is increased in AECOPD patients, which is also positively associated with systemic inflammation and smoking in patients with COPD, suggesting that Gal-3 might be a valuable biomarker for AECOPD. PMID: 28947730 [PubMed - in process]
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