Proteomic Network Analysis of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid in Ex-Smokers to Discover Implicated Protein Targets and Novel Drug Treatments for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• Main Authors: Manoj J. Mammen (Author), Chengjian Tu (Author), Matthew C. Morris (Author), Spencer Richman (Author), William Mangione (Author), Zackary Falls (Author), Jun Qu (Author), Gordon Broderick (Author), Sanjay Sethi (Author), Ram Samudrala (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Bronchoalveolar lavage of the epithelial lining fluid (BALF) can sample the profound changes in the airway lumen milieu prevalent in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We compared the BALF proteome of ex-smokers with moderate COPD who are not in exacerbation status to non-smoking healthy...