This study was supported by a grant from National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30770939).Acknowledgements: The authors acknowledge the support of the Spirometry Unit of Peking University Third Hospital for lung function tests.
Background The interleukin (IL)-32/tumor necrosis factor (TNF) a pathway is supposed to play a key role in the amplification of the immune response in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) inflammation. I...
This study was supported by the grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30770939) and Doctoral Fund of Ministry of Education (20090001110093).
Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous and complex disease of which the pathogenesis remains largely unknown. Many factors could influence COPD development and progression. One of...