Open AccessC-proSP-B: A Possible Biomarker for Pulmonary Diseases?
Author(s) -
Nicolas Kahn,
Anne-Kathrin Rossler,
Katrin Hornemann,
Thomas Muley,
Ekkehard Grünig,
Werner Schmidt,
Felix J.F. Herth,
Michael Kreuter
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000488245
Subject(s) - medicine , biomarker , pulmonary function testing , idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis , lung , lung cancer , interstitial lung disease , pulmonary fibrosis , gastroenterology , immunology , pathology , biochemistry , chemistry
Detection of surfactant proteins A and D (SP-A and SP-D) in the serum of patients with pulmonary diseases is thought to reflect an injury of the alveolar epithelial barrier and as such serve as a biomarker for these diseases. However, the data for SP-B are limited.