Blood Eosinophilia and Its Stability in Hospitalized COPD Exacerbations are Associated with Lower Risk of All-Cause Mortality.

Ying ZhangLi-Rong Liang Shu ZhangYong LuYang-Yu ChenHuan-Zhong ShiYing-Xiang Lin

Published in: International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2020)

Patients with increased eosinophils (using eosinophil 150 cells/μL as a cutoff value), especially predominantly increased eosinophil levels based on multiple measurements, had a lower risk of all-cause mortality. Blood eosinophilia can be used as a biomarker in hospitalized COPD exacerbations for predicting the risk of all-cause mortality.

Keyphrases

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
lung function
induced apoptosis
cystic fibrosis
cell cycle arrest
endoplasmic reticulum stress
signaling pathway
air pollution
cell proliferation