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MMP12 and reduced risk of COPD
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  1. A Pillai
  1. North Bristol Lung Centre, Bristol
  1. Correspondence to Anilkumar Pillai, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, UK; anilkumarpillai{at}doctors.org.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2010.141085

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    Not all smokers develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and not everyone with COPD has the same rate of decline of lung function. In this study the authors hypothesised that matrix metalloproteinase 12 (MMP12) variants have a role in lung function and are risk factors for COPD. MMP12 is produced by …

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