Blood Eosinophils and Pulmonary Rehabilitation in COPD.

Jafar Aljazeeri Abdullah Sakkat Nima MakhdamiRayyan AlmusallyFrederick Morfaw Robert Andrew McIvor

Published in: Canadian respiratory journal (2021)

Although PR improves the BODE index in both eosinophilic and noneosinophilic COPD, a higher eosinophil count (≥300 cells/ml) is associated with a higher (worse) BODE index. Blood eosinophils may predict PR outcomes.

Keyphrases

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
lung function
induced apoptosis
cell cycle arrest
pulmonary hypertension
type diabetes
peripheral blood
cystic fibrosis
signaling pathway
endoplasmic reticulum stress
adipose tissue
skeletal muscle