Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid from COPD Patients Reveals More Compounds Associated with Disease than Matched Plasma
Smoking causes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Though recent studies identified a COPD metabolomic signature in blood, no large studies examine the metabolome in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid, a more direct representation of lung cell metabolism. We performed untargeted liquid chr...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-07-01
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Series: | Metabolites |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/9/8/157 |