Eosinophilic phenotype was associated with better clinical remission in
elderly but not middle-aged patients with acute exacerbations of COPD
Qianglin Zeng 1,2#, Hao Wang 1#,
Tao Wang 1, Ke Wang1, Hui Zhou2 and Fuqiang Wen 1,*
1 Division of Respiratory Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy
of China & Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West
China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China;
qlzeng@hotmail.com (Q.Z.);
haowang@scu.edu.cn (H.W.);
tao.wang@scu.edu.cn
(T.W.);
wangkeduoduo@163.com
(K.W.);
wenfuqiang@scu.edu.cn
(F.W.)
2 Department of Clinical Genetics & Department of Respiratory and
Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Hospital & Clinical College of
Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610081, China;
zhouhuicdu@hotmail.com (H.Z.)
Running titles: Association between eosinophilic phenotype and clinical
remission of AECOPD
#: Qianglin Zeng and Hao Wang contributed equally to this article.
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* Correspondence:
Professor Fuqiang Wen
Email:
wenfuqiang@scu.edu.cn
Tel. : +86 189 806 012 58
Division of Pulmonary Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy of
China and Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine,
West China Hospital of Sichuan University,
NO.37 Guoxuexiang Road,
Chengdu 610041, China