Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease                                                                                  

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Publications

Research Update: Myocardial lipofuscin-laden lysosomes contain the apoptosis marker caspase-cleaved cytokeratin-18.Lichtenauer M, Ankersmit HJ. Eur J Clin Invest. 2010 (ahead of print)

Increased Soluble Serum Markers Caspase-Cleaved Cytokeratin-18, Histones, and ST2 Indicate Apoptotic Turnover and Chronic Immune Response in COPD. Hacker S, Lambers C, Pollreisz A, Hoetzenecker K, M Lichtenauer, Mangold A, Niederpold T, Hacker A, Lang G, Dworschak M, Vukovich T, Gerner C, Klepetko W, Ankersmit HJ. Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis (accepted for publication)

T-Cell Senescence And Contraction Of T-Cell Repertoire Diversity In Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Lambers C, Hacker S, Posch M, Hoetzenecker K, Pollreisz A, Lichtenauer M, Klepetko W, Ankersmit HJ. Journal of Clinical Experimental Immunology (ahead of print) 2008 Abstract

Elevated HSP27, HSP70 and HSP90α in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Markers for Immune Activation and Tissue Destruction. Hacker S, Lambers S, Hoetzenecker K, Pollreisz A, Aigner C, MangoldA,  Lichtenauer M, Taghavi S, Klepetko W, Ankersmit HJ. Clinical Laboratory (ahead of print) 2008 Abstract     download manuscript