Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Smoking is the most important risk factor of COPD, but only a fourth of smokers had COPD in their life. There are also healthy smokers without evidence of COPD. Investigators hypothesize that innate immunity may affect this difference between COPD patients and healthy smokers, because TLR4 is the receptor of LPS, which is the one of important substance in cigarette. Investigators will measure TLR2 and TLR4 expression in lung tissue of patients whose lung will be resected. Investigators will compare the level of expression between COPD patients and healthy smokers.
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
All patients who will have lung resection for the therapeutic cause.
| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sei Won Lee, MD | Contact | 82 31 787 7053 | seiwon@snubh.org |
Not provided
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seoul National University Bundang Hospital | Recruiting | Seongnam | Gyeongi | 482 060 | South Korea |
Not provided
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D012907 | Smoking |
| D029424 | Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D001519 | Behavior |
| D008173 | Lung Diseases, Obstructive |
| D008171 | Lung Diseases |
| D012140 | Respiratory Tract Diseases |
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Lung tissues are retained till the study ends.
| D002908 |
| Chronic Disease |
| D020969 | Disease Attributes |
| D010335 | Pathologic Processes |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |