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In addition to its role in the nerve system, it has been found to play a role in lung health and diseases. Materials and Methods: The serum concentrations of BDNF were assessed in 57 patients with COPD and in 19 control individuals and the possible associations of BDNF with the spirometric indexes and disease stages were explored. Results: We did not find a significant difference between the serum concentrations of BDNF of patients and controls (p = 0.521). A significant negative correlation of the serum BDNF levels with the age of the patients (Rho = \u22120.279, p = 0.036) was observed. In addition, a borderline negative correlation with the age of disease onset (Rho= \u22120.244, p = 0.063) was also found. When analyzing these correlations in different genders, we found stronger statistical significance in male patients (Rho = \u22120.398, p = 0.009; and Rho = \u22120.419, p = 0.006), while no such significance was found in females (p = 0.574 and p = 0.342). The analyses of the possible relations of serum BDNF concentration with the spirometric parameters in the whole group of patients did not reveal any significance (p = 0.231 for FEV1%pr. and p = 0.271 for FEV1\/FVC%). However, when the patients were dichotomized on the basis of smoking habits, we obtained a strong positive correlation between BDNF and FEV1%pr. (Rho = 0.501, p = 0.048) in non-smokers, but strong negative correlations with FEV1%pr. (Rho = \u22120.468, p = 0.003) and with FEV1\/FVC% (Rho = \u22120.331, p = 0.040) in ex\/current smokers. Non-smokers with moderate disease (GOLD II) had higher BDNF serum concentrations than patients with GOLD stage III\/IV (p = 0.031). In ex\/current smokers, there was an opposite association (p = 0.045). Conclusions: The results of our study suggest that the expression and secretion of BDNF are changed in COPD, but its effects and functions may differ according to the smoking history of the patients.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina60071111","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,9]],"date-time":"2024-07-09T11:17:09Z","timestamp":1720523829000},"page":"1111","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Smoking-Dependent Association of Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor with Pulmonary Function Parameters in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"60","author":[{"given":"Elina","family":"Aleksandrova","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Trakia University, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dimo","family":"Dimov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Trakia University, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tanya","family":"Tacheva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Trakia University, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hristina","family":"Petrova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Trakia University, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kahan","family":"Celik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Trakia University, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1488-8867","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tatyana","family":"Vlaykova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Trakia University, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria"},{"name":"Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Plovdiv, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"616","DOI":"10.1093\/emboj\/18.3.616","article-title":"Biochemical and functional interactions between the neurotrophin receptors trk and p75NTR","volume":"18","author":"Bibel","year":"1999","journal-title":"EMBO J."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"395","DOI":"10.1586\/ers.10.29","article-title":"Neurotrophins in lung health and disease","volume":"4","author":"Prakash","year":"2010","journal-title":"Expert Rev. 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