Uric acid as the final purine metabolite exhibits both antioxidative and proinflammatory properties. The association between uric acid and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains ...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death worldwide, and COPD-related mortality rates are increasing 1. Previous studies have found that patients with COPD who ...
Scientists have discovered that people with COPD have lung cells that contain over three times as much soot-like carbon as those of smokers without the disease. These overloaded cells are larger and ...