In the third study, proinflammatory mediators VEGF‐A and CCL2 were evaluated with a bead‐based immunoassay from serum samples of 114 BDs and 25 non‐BDs, and from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of 23 English Bulldogs and 14 non‐BDs. Here, VEGFA is linked to Diamond-Blackfan anemia.