Open AccessEvaluation of plasma leptin, tumor necrosis factor-α, and prealbumin as prognostic biomarkers during clinical recovery from acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Author(s) -
Anant Mohan,
Satyam Arora,
Arvind Uniyal,
Rosemary Poulose,
Kalpana Luthra,
Ravindra Mohan Pandey,
Randeep Guleria
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.197101
Subject(s) - medicine , transthyretin , pulmonary disease , tumor necrosis factor alpha , disease , leptin , oncology , biomarker , obesity , biochemistry , chemistry
Inflammatory and nutritional biomarkers have an important bearing on outcomes of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD), but the temporal profile of these compounds during an acute episode is unclear.