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Human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) levels inversely correlate with lung function improvement (delta FEV1) in cystic fibrosis patients receiving ivacaftor treatment.

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CF Research News

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Nagy B Jr, Bene Z, Fejes Z, Heltshe SL, Reid D, Ronan NJ, McCarthy Y, Smith D, Nagy A, Joseloff E, Balla G, Kappelmayer J, Macek M Jr, Bell SC, Plant BJ, Amaral MD, Balogh I.

References

J Cyst Fibros. 2018 Sep 26. pii: S1569-1993(18)30795-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2018.08.013.

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Scientific Abstract [2]

Keywords

BMI [3]
Biomarker [4]
FEV(1) [5]
HE4 [6]
Ivacaftor [7]
sweat chloride [8]

Date

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

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Source URL:https://www.ecfs.eu/resource-article/cf-research-news/human-epididymis-protein-4-he4-levels-inversely-correlate-lung

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[1] https://www.ecfs.eu/sites/default/files/cf-research-article-files/JCF-18-00183R2_FINAL_Nagy_031018.pdf [2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Human%20epididymis%20protein%204%20%28HE4%29%20levels%20inversely%20correlate%20with%20lung%20function%20improvement%20%28delta%20FEV1%29%20in%20cystic%20fibrosis%20patients%20receiving%20ivacaftor%20treatment [3] https://www.ecfs.eu/research-article-keywords/bmi [4] https://www.ecfs.eu/research-article-keywords/biomarker [5] https://www.ecfs.eu/research-article-keywords/fev1-0 [6] https://www.ecfs.eu/research-article-keywords/he4 [7] https://www.ecfs.eu/research-article-keywords/ivacaftor [8] https://www.ecfs.eu/research-article-keywords/sweat-chloride [9] https://www.ecfs.eu/resource-guideline-type/other-guidelines