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
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Division of Pulmonary Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy of China and Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine,
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