Increased expression of a proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL) in lung leukocytes and alveolar epithelial cells in COPD patients with non small cell lung cancer: A possible link between COPD and lung cancer?

Francesca Polverino (Boston, United States of America), Francesca Polverino, Maria Laucho-Contreras, Joselyn Rojas Quintero, Miguel Divo, Victor Pinto-Plata, Lynette Sholl, Juan P. de Torres, Bartolome Celli, Caroline Owen

Source: International Congress 2016 – Mechanisms of disease
Session: Mechanisms of disease
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 4661
Disease area: Airway diseases

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