[Elevated levels of chitinase-like protein YKL-40 are found in serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, and greater numbers of YKL-40-expressing cells in bronchial biopsies, of smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature.
DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE