The Need for Biomarkers Common to Blood and Lung Tissue in Emphysema: Anyone Would Rather Give You a Blood Sample than a Lung Sample

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Merry-Lynn N McDonald. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 Jan.

. 2025 Jan;211(1):8-9.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.202407-1416ED.

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine Birmingham, Alabama.

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Lung Transcriptomics Link Emphysema to Barrier Dysfunction and Macrophage Subpopulations.
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