Chronic hypoxaemia and gender status modulate adiponectin plasmatic level and its multimer proportion in severe COPD patients: new endotypic presentation?

Abstract Background Disease progression in COPD patient is associated to lung function decline, leading to a higher risk of hypoxaemia and associated comorbidities, notably cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Adiponectin (Ad) is an adipokine with cardio-protective properties. In COPD patients, conflictin...

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Published in:	BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Main Authors:	Mélany Pierard, Alexandra Tassin, Antoine Legrand, Alexandre Legrand
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2020-10-01
Subjects:	COPD Gender difference Hypoxaemia Hypoxia Adiponectin Multimers
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-020-01288-3