TY - JOUR
T1 - Circulating desmosine levels do not predict emphysema progression but are associated with cardiovascular risk and mortality in COPD
AU - Rabinovich, Roberto A.
AU - Miller, Bruce E.
AU - Wrobel, Karolina
AU - Ranjit, Kareshma
AU - Williams, Michelle C.
AU - Drost, Ellen
AU - Edwards, Lisa D.
AU - Lomas, David A.
AU - Rennard, Stephen I.
AU - Agusti, Alvar
AU - Tal-Singer, Ruth
AU - Vestbo, Jorgen
AU - Wouters, Emiel F. M.
AU - John, Michelle
AU - van Beek, Edwin J. R.
AU - Murchison, John T.
AU - Bolton, Charlotte E.
AU - MacNee, William
AU - Huang, Jeffrey T. J.
PY - 2016/5
Y1 - 2016/5
N2 - Elastin degradation is a key feature of emphysema and may have a role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Circulating desmosine is a specific biomarker of elastin degradation. We investigated the association between plasma desmosine (pDES) and emphysema severity/progression, coronary artery calcium score (CACS) and mortality. pDES was measured in 1177 COPD patients and 110 healthy control subjects from two independent cohorts. Emphysema was assessed on chest computed tomography scans. Aortic arterial stiffness was measured as the aortic-femoral pulse wave velocity. pDES was elevated in patients with cardiovascular disease (p
AB - Elastin degradation is a key feature of emphysema and may have a role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Circulating desmosine is a specific biomarker of elastin degradation. We investigated the association between plasma desmosine (pDES) and emphysema severity/progression, coronary artery calcium score (CACS) and mortality. pDES was measured in 1177 COPD patients and 110 healthy control subjects from two independent cohorts. Emphysema was assessed on chest computed tomography scans. Aortic arterial stiffness was measured as the aortic-femoral pulse wave velocity. pDES was elevated in patients with cardiovascular disease (p
U2 - 10.1183/13993003.01824-2015
DO - 10.1183/13993003.01824-2015
M3 - Article
C2 - 27009168
SN - 0903-1936
VL - 47
SP - 1365
EP - 1373
JO - European Respiratory Journal
JF - European Respiratory Journal
IS - 5
ER -