Carol A Feghali-Bostwick et al.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 177(2), 156-163 (2007-11-03)
Adaptive immune responses are present in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and it has been postulated that these processes could be autoreactive. To ascertain if humoral autoimmunity could play a role in COPD pathogenesis. Circulating IgG autoantibodies were