1. Sputum Trace Metals Are Biomarkers of Inflammatory and Suppurative Lung Disease.
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Gray, Robert D., Duncan, Andrew, Noble, Donald, Imrie, Margaret, O'Reilly, Dennis St. J., Innes, J. Alastair, Porteous, David J., Greening, Andrew P., and Boyd, A. Christopher
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MEDICAL research , *SPUTUM examination , *BIOMARKERS , *LUNG diseases , *PATHOLOGICAL physiology , *CYSTIC fibrosis - Abstract
The article focuses on the study which investigates the potential value of sputum metals as biomarkers in inflammatory lung disease. It states that the potential association between trace element levels and inflammation in sputum combined with their resistance to degradation is said to be the robust markers of lung pathophysiology. It infers that there is a relationship of high concentrations of total zinc and iron with airways inflammation in cystic fibrosis (CF) and non-CF bronchiectasis.
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- 2010
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