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Safi S, Messner L, Kliebisch M, Eggert L, Ceylangil C, Lennartz P, Jefferies B, Klein H, Schirren M, Dommasch M, Lobinger D, Multhoff G. Circulating Hsp70 Levels and the Immunophenotype of Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes as Potential Biomarkers for Advanced Lung Cancer and Therapy Failure after Surgery. Biomolecules 2023; 13:biom13050874. [PMID: 37238744 DOI: 10.3390/biom13050874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Revised: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Lung cancer remains a devastating disease with a poor clinical outcome. A biomarker signature which could distinguish lung cancer from metastatic disease and detect therapeutic failure would significantly improve patient management and allow for individualized, risk-adjusted therapeutic decisions. In this study, circulating Hsp70 levels were measured using ELISA, and the immunophenotype of the peripheral blood lymphocytes were measured using multiparameter flow cytometry, to identify a predictive biomarker signature for lung cancer patients pre- and post-operatively, in patients with lung metastases and in patients with COPD as an inflammatory lung disease. The lowest Hsp70 concentrations were found in the healthy controls followed by the patients with advanced COPD. Hsp70 levels sequentially increased with an advancing tumor stage and metastatic disease. In the early-recurrence patients, Hsp70 levels started to increase within the first three months after surgery, but remained unaltered in the recurrence-free patients. An early recurrence was associated with a significant drop in B cells and an increase in Tregs, whereas the recurrence-free patients had elevated T and NK cell levels. We conclude that circulating Hsp70 concentrations might have the potential to distinguish lung cancer from metastatic disease, and might be able to predict an advanced tumor stage and early recurrence in lung cancer patients. Further studies with larger patient cohorts and longer follow-up periods are needed to validate Hsp70 and immunophenotypic profiles as predictive biomarker signatures.
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- Seyer Safi
- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München (TUM), Ismaningerstr. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München (TUM), Ismaningerstr. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
- Central Institute for Translational Cancer Research Technische Universität München (TranslaTUM), Einsteinstr. 25, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München (TUM), Ismaningerstr. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
- Central Institute for Translational Cancer Research Technische Universität München (TranslaTUM), Einsteinstr. 25, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München (TUM), Ismaningerstr. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
- Central Institute for Translational Cancer Research Technische Universität München (TranslaTUM), Einsteinstr. 25, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- Central Institute for Translational Cancer Research Technische Universität München (TranslaTUM), Einsteinstr. 25, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- Central Institute for Translational Cancer Research Technische Universität München (TranslaTUM), Einsteinstr. 25, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München (TUM), Ismaningerstr. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München (TUM), Ismaningerstr. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München (TUM), Ismaningerstr. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- Emergency Department, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München (TUM), Ismaningerstr. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, München Klinik Bogenhausen, Lehrkrankenhaus der Technischen Universität München (TUM), Englschalkinger Str. 77, 81925 Munich, Germany
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- Central Institute for Translational Cancer Research Technische Universität München (TranslaTUM), Einsteinstr. 25, 81675 Munich, Germany
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München (TUM), Ismaningerstr. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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The diverse roles of myeloid derived suppressor cells in mucosal immunity. Cell Immunol 2021; 365:104361. [PMID: 33984533 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2021.104361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Revised: 03/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
The mucosal immune system plays a vital role in protecting the host from the external environment. Its major challenge is to balance immune responses against harmful and harmless agents and serve as a 'homeostatic gate keeper'. Myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are a heterogeneous population of undifferentiated cells that are characterized by an immunoregulatory and immunosuppressive phenotype. Herein we postulate that MDSCs may be involved in shaping immune responses related to mucosal immunity, due to their immunomodulatory and tissue remodeling functions. Until recently, MDSCs were investigated mainly in cancerous diseases, where they induce and contribute to an immunosuppressive and inflammatory environment that favors tumor development. However, it is now becoming clear that MDSCs participate in non-cancerous conditions such as chronic infections, autoimmune diseases, pregnancy, aging processes and immune tolerance to commensal microbiota at mucosal sites. Since MDSCs are found in the periphery only in small numbers under normal conditions, their role is highlighted during pathologies characterized by acute or chronic inflammation, when they accumulate and become activated. In this review, we describe several aspects of the current knowledge characterizing MDSCs and their involvement in the regulation of the mucosal epithelial barrier, their crosstalk with commensal microbiota and pathogenic microorganisms, and their complex interactions with a variety of surrounding regulatory and effector immune cells. Finally, we discuss the beneficial and harmful outcomes of the MDSC regulatory functions in diseases affecting mucosal tissues. We wish to illuminate the pivotal role of MDSCs in mucosal immunity, the limitations in our understanding of all the players and the intricate challenges stemming from the complex interactions of MDSCs with their environment.
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Yamauchi Y, Safi S, Blattner C, Rathinasamy A, Umansky L, Juenger S, Warth A, Eichhorn M, Muley T, Herth FJF, Dienemann H, Platten M, Beckhove P, Utikal J, Hoffmann H, Umansky V. Circulating and Tumor Myeloid-derived Suppressor Cells in Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2019; 198:777-787. [PMID: 29617574 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201708-1707oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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RATIONALE Myeloid-derived suppressor cell (MDSC) expansion has been found to play a role in disease progression in patients with cancer. However, the characteristics of MDSCs in lung cancer are poorly understood. OBJECTIVES We prospectively investigated MDSCs and inflammatory factors in tumor and peripheral blood samples from patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer and studied their correlations with the disease prognosis. METHODS A complex analysis of MDSC subsets and inflammatory mediators was performed using flow cytometry and a Bio-Plex assay. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS A significant increase in the frequency of circulating monocytic (M)-MDSCs was observed in the patients with non-small cell lung cancer compared with the healthy donors (HDs). Moreover, the frequencies of M- and polymorphonuclear (PMN)-MDSCs were higher in tumors than in the peripheral blood of the same patients. This accumulation was associated with elevated concentrations of inflammatory mediators involved in MDSC migration to and activation in the tumor microenvironment. An analysis of the MDSC immunosuppressive pattern showed increased programmed death-ligand 1 expression on circulating cells from patients compared with HDs. Tumor PMN-MDSCs displayed higher programmed death-ligand 1 expression levels than the same cells in the peripheral blood. The frequency of CCR5 (C-C chemokine receptor 5) expression on circulating M-MDSCs was significantly higher in the patients than in the HDs. Clinical data analysis revealed negative correlations between recurrence-free survival and the frequencies of PMN-MDSCs and CCR5+ M-MDSCs in the circulation but not in tumors. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that the level of MDSCs in the peripheral blood but not in tumor tissues predicts recurrence after surgery.
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- 2 Skin Cancer Unit.,3 Department of Dermatology, Venereology, and Allergology and
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- 5 Division of Translational Immunology and.,4 Regensburg Center for Interventional Immunology and University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany; and
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- 6 Immune Monitoring Unit, National Center for Tumor Diseases, and
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- 6 Immune Monitoring Unit, National Center for Tumor Diseases, and
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- 7 Institute of Pathology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.,8 Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg, Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Heidelberg, Germany
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- 9 Translational Research Unit, and.,8 Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg, Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Heidelberg, Germany
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- 10 Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik, and.,8 Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg, Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Heidelberg, Germany
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- 1 Department of Thoracic Surgery.,8 Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg, Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Heidelberg, Germany
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- 6 Immune Monitoring Unit, National Center for Tumor Diseases, and.,11 DKTK Clinical Cooperation Unit, Neuroimmunology and Brain Tumor Immunology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.,12 Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- 5 Division of Translational Immunology and.,4 Regensburg Center for Interventional Immunology and University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany; and
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- 2 Skin Cancer Unit.,3 Department of Dermatology, Venereology, and Allergology and
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- 2 Skin Cancer Unit.,3 Department of Dermatology, Venereology, and Allergology and
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Su Z, Ni P, Zhou C, Wang J. Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells in Cancers and Inflammatory Diseases: Angel or Demon? Scand J Immunol 2016; 84:255-261. [PMID: 27541573 DOI: 10.1111/sji.12473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2016] [Revised: 07/29/2016] [Accepted: 08/16/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Z. Su
- Department of Immunology; Jiangsu University; Zhenjiang China
- The Central Laboratory; The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University; Zhenjiang China
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- Department of Immunology; Jiangsu University; Zhenjiang China
- The Central Laboratory; The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University; Taizhou China
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- The Central Laboratory; The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University; Taizhou China
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- Department of Immunology; Jiangsu University; Zhenjiang China
- The Central Laboratory; The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University; Zhenjiang China
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Mateu-Jimenez M, Curull V, Pijuan L, Sánchez-Font A, Rivera-Ramos H, Rodríguez-Fuster A, Aguiló R, Gea J, Barreiro E. Systemic and Tumor Th1 and Th2 Inflammatory Profile and Macrophages in Lung Cancer: Influence of Underlying Chronic Respiratory Disease. J Thorac Oncol 2016; 12:235-248. [PMID: 27793775 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2016.09.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2016] [Revised: 08/31/2016] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Chronic respiratory conditions, especially chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and inflammatory events underlie lung cancer (LC). We hypothesized that profiles of T helper 1 and T helper 2 cytokines and type 1 and type 2 macrophages (M1 and M2) are differentially expressed in lung tumors and blood of patients with NSCLC with and without COPD and that the ratio M1/M2 specifically may influence their survival. METHODS In blood, inflammatory cytokines (determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) were quantified in 80 patients with LC (60 with LC and COPD [the LC-COPD group] and 20 with LC only [the LC-only group]) and lung specimens (tumor and nontumor) from those undergoing thoracotomy (20 in the LC-COPD group and 20 in the LC-only group). RESULTS In the LC-COPD group compared with in the LC-only group, systemic levels of tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-2 (IL-2), transforming growth factor-β, and IL-10 were increased, whereas vascular endothelial growth factor and IL-4 levels were decreased. In lung tumors, levels of tumor necrosis factor-α, transforming growth factor-β, and IL-10 were higher than in nontumor parenchyma in the LC-COPD group, whereas IL-2 and vascular endothelial growth factor levels were higher in tumors of both the LC-only and LC-COPD groups. Compared with in nontumor lung, M1 macrophage counts were reduced whereas M2 counts were increased in tumors of both patient groups, and the M1/M2 ratio was higher in the LC-COPD group than the LC-only group. M1 and M2 counts did not influence patients' survival. CONCLUSIONS The relative predominance of T helper 1 cytokines and M1 macrophages in the blood and tumors of patients with underlying COPD imply that a stronger proinflammatory pattern exists in these patients. Inflammation should not be targeted systematically in all patients with LC. Screening for the presence of underlying respiratory diseases and identification of the specific inflammatory pattern should be carried out in patients with LC, at least in early stages of their disease.
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- Mercè Mateu-Jimenez
- Pulmonology Department, Lung Cancer and Muscle Research Group, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Health Park Mar, Health and Experimental Sciences Department, Pompeu Fabra University, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Biomedical Barcelona Research Park, Barcelona, Spain; Center of Biomedical Research Network of Respiratory diseases (CIBERES), Carlos III Health Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pulmonology Department, Lung Cancer and Muscle Research Group, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Health Park Mar, Health and Experimental Sciences Department, Pompeu Fabra University, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Biomedical Barcelona Research Park, Barcelona, Spain; Center of Biomedical Research Network of Respiratory diseases (CIBERES), Carlos III Health Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pathology Department, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Health Park Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pulmonology Department, Lung Cancer and Muscle Research Group, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Health Park Mar, Health and Experimental Sciences Department, Pompeu Fabra University, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Biomedical Barcelona Research Park, Barcelona, Spain; Center of Biomedical Research Network of Respiratory diseases (CIBERES), Carlos III Health Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pulmonology Department, Lung Cancer and Muscle Research Group, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Health Park Mar, Health and Experimental Sciences Department, Pompeu Fabra University, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Biomedical Barcelona Research Park, Barcelona, Spain
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- Thoracic Surgery Department, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Health Park Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- Thoracic Surgery Department, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Health Park Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pulmonology Department, Lung Cancer and Muscle Research Group, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Health Park Mar, Health and Experimental Sciences Department, Pompeu Fabra University, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Biomedical Barcelona Research Park, Barcelona, Spain; Center of Biomedical Research Network of Respiratory diseases (CIBERES), Carlos III Health Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pulmonology Department, Lung Cancer and Muscle Research Group, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Health Park Mar, Health and Experimental Sciences Department, Pompeu Fabra University, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Biomedical Barcelona Research Park, Barcelona, Spain; Center of Biomedical Research Network of Respiratory diseases (CIBERES), Carlos III Health Institute, Barcelona, Spain.
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Barreiro E, Bustamante V, Curull V, Gea J, López-Campos JL, Muñoz X. Relationships between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer: biological insights. J Thorac Dis 2016; 8:E1122-E1135. [PMID: 27867578 DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2016.09.54] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
Lung cancer (LC) has become one of the leading causes of preventable death in the last few decades. Cigarette smoking (CS) stays as the main etiologic factor of LC despite that many other causes such as occupational exposures, air pollution, asbestos, or radiation have also been implicated. Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which also represents a major cause of morbidity and mortality in developed countries, exhibit a significantly greater risk of LC. The study of the underlying biological mechanisms that may predispose patients with chronic respiratory diseases to a higher incidence of LC has also gained much attention in the last few years. The present review has been divided into three major sections in which different aspects have been addressed: (I) relevant etiologic agents of LC; (II) studies confirming the hypothesis that COPD patients are exposed to a greater risk of developing LC; and (III) evidence on the most relevant underlying biological mechanisms that support the links between COPD and LC. Several carcinogenic agents have been described in the last decades but CS remains to be the leading etiologic agent in most geographical regions in which the incidence of LC is very high. Growing evidence has put the line forward the implications of COPD and especially of emphysema in LC development. Hence, COPD represents a major risk factor of LC in patients. Different avenues of research have demonstrated the presence of relevant biological mechanisms that may predispose COPD patients to develop LC. Importantly, the so far identified biological mechanisms offer targets for the design of specific therapeutic strategies that will further the current treatment options for patients with LC. Prospective screening studies, in which patients with COPD should be followed up for several years will help identify biomarkers that may predict the risk of LC among these patients.
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- Esther Barreiro
- Pulmonology Department-Lung Cancer and Muscle Research Group, IMIM-Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, Health and Experimental Sciences Department (CEXS), Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Barcelona Autonomous University (UAB), Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB), Barcelona, Spain; ; Network of Excellence in Lung Diseases (CIBERES), Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
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- Pneumology Department, Basurto University Hospital, Osakidetza, Department of Medicine, EHU-University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Pulmonology Department-Lung Cancer and Muscle Research Group, IMIM-Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, Health and Experimental Sciences Department (CEXS), Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Barcelona Autonomous University (UAB), Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB), Barcelona, Spain; ; Network of Excellence in Lung Diseases (CIBERES), Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
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- Pulmonology Department-Lung Cancer and Muscle Research Group, IMIM-Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, Health and Experimental Sciences Department (CEXS), Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Barcelona Autonomous University (UAB), Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB), Barcelona, Spain; ; Network of Excellence in Lung Diseases (CIBERES), Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
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- Network of Excellence in Lung Diseases (CIBERES), Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain; ; Medical-Surgery Unit of Respiratory Disease, Sevilla Biomedicine Institute (IBIS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
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- Network of Excellence in Lung Diseases (CIBERES), Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain; ; Pulmonology Service, Medicine Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona Autonomous University (UAB), Barcelona, Spain
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