Effects of Low-Dose and Long-Term Treatment with Erythromycin on Interleukin-17 and Interleukin-23 in Peripheral Blood and Induced Sputum in Patients with Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• Main Authors: Caimei Tan (Author), Huijuan Huang (Author), Jianquan Zhang (Author), Zhiyi He (Author), Xiaoning Zhong (Author), Jing Bai (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective. To study the effects of low-dose and long-term treatment with erythromycin on IL-17 and IL-23, in peripheral blood and induced sputum, in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Methods. Patients were randomly divided into placebo-treated group, group A (12 mont...