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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/108752| Title: | Serum amyloid A in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| Authors: | Bonello, Anne Marie Sciriha, Anabel Lungaro-Mifsud, Stephen Montefort, Stephen Ellul, Bridget Grech, Godfrey Fenech, Anthony G. |
| Keywords: | Serum Amyloid A Protein Lungs -- Diseases, Obstructive Lungs -- Diseases -- Malta -- Case studies Inflammation -- Pathogenesis |
| Issue Date: | 2015 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta. Medical School |
| Citation: | Bonello, A.M., Sciriha, A., Lungaro-Mifsud, S., Montefort, S., Ellul, B., Grech, G., & Fenech, A.G. (2015). Serum amyloid A in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. IX Malta Medical School Conference abstract book, OP4.38. |
| Abstract: | Introduction: Serum Amyloid A types 1 and 2 (SAA1, SAA2) are acute phase proteins elevated in inflammatory conditions. They are biomarkers of disease activity and participants in pathogenesis. Production is primarily hepatic, while pulmonary expression has also been reported in COPD. This project aimed to (i) study the cytokine-induced SAA transcriptional regulation in human airway related cells (ii) investigate temporal changes in serum SAA levels in stable COPD patients undergoing a 12-week pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programme. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/108752 |
| ISSN: | 18133339 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SPat |
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