Pregnancy Zone Protein is Associated with Airway Infection, Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation and Disease Severity in Bronchiectasis.

CONCLUSION: PZP is released into NETs. We report a novel link between airway infection, NET formation and disease severity in bronchiectasis during chronic airway inflammation.
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Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine - July 1, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Finch S, Shoemark A, Dicker AJ, Keir HR, Smith A, Ong S, Tan B, Choi JY, Fardon TC, Cassidy D, Huang JTJ, Chalmers JD Tags: Am J Respir Crit Care Med Source Type: research