Disturbance of the OPG/RANK/RANKL pathway and systemic inflammation in COPD patients with emphysema and osteoporosis - Bai, Peng; Sun, Yongchang; Jin, Jianmin; Hou, Jia; Li, Ran; Zhang, Qing; Wang, Yang (Respiratory research, 2011)
Keywords: Aged; Bone density; Bone mineral density; Bones; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; cytokine; Cytokines - blood; Development and progression; Emphysema; Emphysema - blood; Emphysema - complications; Emphysema, Pulmonary; Female; Health aspects; Humans; Inflammation; Male; Menopause; OPG/RANK/RANKL; Osteoporosis; Osteoporosis - blood; Osteoporosis - complications; Osteoprotegerin - blood; Physiological aspects; Postmenopausal women; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - blood; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - complications; pulmonary emphysema; RANK Ligand - blood; Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-kappa B - blood; Regression analysis; Respiratory function; Risk factors; Signal Transduction; Smokers; Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome - blood; Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome - complications; Thoracic surgery; Tumor necrosis factor; China