Systemic Inflammatory Markers and Disease Severity in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease—The Effect of Acute Exercise and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53567#.VMnUEizQrzE Author(s) Amani I. El Gammal 1* , Rob O’Farrell 1 , Liam O’Mahony 3 , Fergus Shanahan 2 , Kieran Killian 4 , Terence M. O’Connor 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Mercy University Hospital, Cork, Ireland . 2 Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland . 3 Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research, University of Zurich, Davos, Switzerland . 4 Department of Respiratory Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada . ABSTRACT Background: Decreased physical capacity and increased systemic inflammatory response are frequently observed in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The relationship between the inflammatory response and disease severity and the immunological response to exercise were addressed in COPD. Objective: The first objective ...