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ArticleInternational journal of inflammation2018

Association of Elevated Serum GM-CSF, IFN-

Ankita Mitra, Sangeetha Vishweswaraiah, Tania Ahalya Thimraj, Mahendra Maheswarappa, Chaya Sindaghatta Krishnarao, Komarla Sundararaja Lokesh, Jayaraj Biligere Siddaiah, Koustav Ganguly, Mahesh Padukudru Anand

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Article in International journal of inflammation, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ankita MitraSRM Research Institute, SRM University, Chennai 603203, India.
Sangeetha VishweswaraiahSRM Research Institute, SRM University, Chennai 603203, India.
Tania Ahalya ThimrajSRM Research Institute, SRM University, Chennai 603203, India.
Mahendra MaheswarappaJSS Medical College and Hospital, JSS University, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Mysuru, India.
Chaya Sindaghatta KrishnaraoJSS Medical College and Hospital, JSS University, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Mysuru, India.
Komarla Sundararaja LokeshJSS Medical College and Hospital, JSS University, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Mysuru, India.
Jayaraj Biligere SiddaiahJSS Medical College and Hospital, JSS University, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Mysuru, India.
Koustav GangulySRM Research Institute, SRM University, Chennai 603203, India.ORCID 0000-0001-8531-8154
Mahesh Padukudru AnandJSS Medical College and Hospital, JSS University, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Mysuru, India.ORCID 0000-0003-1632-5945
JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research · INSRM University · INKarolinska Institutet · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a devastating condition with limited pharmacotherapeutic options and exceptionally high public-health burden globally as well as in India. Tobacco smoking is the primary cause for COPD among men in India. Systemic inflammation involving altered regulation of cytokines controlling the host defense mechanism is a hallmark of COPD pathogenesis. However, biomarker discovery studies are limited among Indian COPD patients.

methodsWe assessed the serum concentrations [median (25th-75th percentile) pg/ml] of interleukin (

resultsSerum GM-CSF [69.64 (46.67, 97.48); 36.78 (30.07, 53.88), p=0.014], IFN-

conclusionOur pilot study reveals GM-CSF, IFN-

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