Inflammatory mediators in exhaled breath condensate and peripheral blood of healthy donors and stable COPD patients.

CONCLUSIONS: Exhaled MMP-9, MMP-12, TIMP-1, and TIMP-4 levels increased in stable COPD patients and were negatively correlated with FEV1%pred, which suggests the usefulness of their measurement in EBC for the monitoring of airway inflammation. However, to better assess their diagnostic or prognostic value, larger studies are necessary. PMID: 31046512 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology - Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Immunopharmacol Immunotoxicol Source Type: research