miR-34a in serum is involved in mild-to-moderate COPD in women exposed to biomass smoke.
Yadira Velasco-TorresVictor Ruiz-LópezOliver Pérez-BautistaIvette Buendía-RoldanAlejandra Ramírez-VenegasJulia Pérez-RamosRamcés Falfán-ValenciaCarlos RamosMartha MontañoPublished in: BMC pulmonary medicine (2019)
This is the first study in patients with COPD due to biomass that demonstrates miRNA expression differences between patients. The observations support the concept that COPD by biomass has a different phenotype than COPD due to tobacco smoking, which could have important implications for the treatment of these diseases.
Keyphrases
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- lung function
- wastewater treatment
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- poor prognosis
- anaerobic digestion
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- long non coding rna
- cystic fibrosis
- type diabetes
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- air pollution
- skeletal muscle
- insulin resistance