Researchers from the Cínica University of Navarra They are participating in research promoted by Mara Hospital. In this project, it was identified a protein pattern present in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) still stable and can be a good mortality predictor in the long term.
He study, published in the journal Cells, It is a multicenter work in which the Hospitals del Mar and Clinic of Barcelona, the Taulí Park of Sabadell (Barcelona), the Virgen del Rocío of Seville, the Son Espases of Palma and the 12 de Octubre of Madrid, as well as as the Jiménez Díaz Foundation in the Spanish capital and the University Clinic of Navarra.
THE researchers observed that the COPD patients who died years ago had a pattern in their blood around thirty proteins that differentiated them from the rest of the people with this disease, reported the Hospital del Mar.
According to the researchers, These proteins are linked to the inflammatory system and with coagulation and allow prediction of mortality.
More specifically, there are 31 differential proteins that allow predict mortality in 4 years with an accuracy of 90%.
Have these biomarkers This is relevant for monitoring these patients, as well as the long-term risk of dying from a disease that is the third leading cause of death worldwide.
“Study provides markers of poor prognosiswhich facilitate the identification of patients who appear in good condition, but who should be monitored more carefully, taking into account not only respiratory pathology, but especially cardiovascular pathology”, underlined the emeritus head of the pulmonology department. Service of the Hospital del Mar, Joaquim Gea.
