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BACKGROUND: Change in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) is important for defining severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Serological neoepitope markers of collagen turnover may predict rate of change in FEV1. METHODS: One thousand COPD subjects from the observational,...
December 4, 2017
Journal:
BMC Pulm Med.
Author:
Leeming DJ, Byrjalsen I, Bihlet AR, Lange P, Miller BE, Karsdal MA, Vestbo J, Thal-Singer R, Bülow Sand JM
Background: Decorin is one of the most abundant proteoglycans of the extracellular matrix and is mainly secreted and deposited in the interstitial matrix by fibroblasts where it plays an important role in collagen turnover and tissue homeostasis. Degradation of decorin might disturb normal tissue ho...
August 9, 2017
Journal:
BMC Pulm Med.
Author:
Karsdal MA, Leeming DJ, Brix S, Curran M, Brodmerkel C, Dasgupta B, Willumsen N, Bager CL, Kehlet SN
Background: During the pathological destruction of lung tissue, neutrophil elastase (NE) degrades elastin, one of the major constituents of lung parenchyma. However there are no non-invasive methods to quantify NE degradation of elastin. We selected specific elastin fragments generated by NE for ant...
May 3, 2015
Journal:
BMC Pulm Med.
Author:
Kristensen JH, Karsdal MA, Willumsen N, Diefenbach C, Svensson B, Hägglund P, Leeming DJ, Bülow Sand JM
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