Asthma-COPD Overlap Patients Exhibit Mitochondria Dysfunction Similar to COPD

Patients with asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) are closer to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) based on mitochondria dysfunction, according to a recent study titled “Analysis of mitochondrial DNA alteration in new phenotype ACOS,” published in the open access journal BMC Pulmonary Medicine. Mitochondria are organelles within…