Abstract:
BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to investigate whether BGD activity is of additional value in the assessment of pulmonary inflammation caused by coal dust exposure. DESIGN AND METHODS:Ex-coalminers were included in this study. Forty-eight healthy male subjects, without a relevant medical history, were used as controls. RESULTS:In ex-coalminers serum BGD activity was higher compared to the control group. Moreover, ex-coalminers with a normal chest radiograph and normal serum LDH demonstrated elevated serum BGD compared to the control group. However, no relation was found in the total group of ex-coalminers between serum BGD activity and pulmonary function parameters. CONCLUSIONS:Our study adds in vivo human evidence to the already existing animal data that BGD is a potential biomarker useful in monitoring pulmonary inflammation caused by coal dust exposure.
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Clin Biochemjournal_title
Clinical biochemistryauthors
Cobben NA,Drent M,De Vries J,Wouters EF,Van Dieijen-Visser MP,Henderson RFdoi
10.1016/s0009-9120(99)00070-3subject
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1999-11-01 00:00:00pages
659-64issue
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0009-9120issn
1873-2933pii
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更新日期:2002-09-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1997-06-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1997-08-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2018-03-01 00:00:00