• Systemic Biomarkers of Collagen and Elastin Turnover Are Associated With Clinically Relevant Outcomes in COPD 

      Stolz D., Leeming D.J., Kristensen J.H.E., Karsdal M.A., Boersma W., Louis R., Milenkovic B., Kostikas K., Blasi F., Aerts J., Sand J.M.B., Wouters E.F.M., Rohde G., Prat C., Torres A., Welte T., Roth M., Papakonstantinou E., Tamm M. (2017)
      Background Extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling of the lung tissue releases protein fragments into the blood, where they may be detected as serologic surrogate markers of disease activity in COPD. Our goal was to assess ...