Open AccessSystemic and pulmonary inflammation is independent of skeletal muscle changes in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Author(s) -
Bethan Barker,
Susan McKenna,
Vijay Mistry,
Mitesh Pancholi,
Hemu Patel,
Koirobi Haldar,
Michael R. Barer,
Ian D. Pavord,
Michael Steiner,
Christopher E. Brightling,
Mona Bafadhel
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s63568
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , systemic inflammation , inflammation , body mass index , gastroenterology , airway obstruction , pulmonary function testing , weight loss , airway , c reactive protein , lung , cardiology , surgery , obesity
Nutritional depletion is an important manifestation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which has been related to systemic inflammation. It remains unclear to what degree airway inflammation contributes to the presence or progression of nutritional depletion.