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Cigarette smoke induces IL-8, but inhibits eotaxin and RANTES release from airway smooth muscle

BACKGROUND: Cigarette smoke is the leading risk factor for the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) an inflammatory condition characterised by neutrophilic inflammation and release of proinflammatory mediators such as interleukin-8 (IL-8). Human airway smooth muscle cells (HAS...

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Autores principales: Oltmanns, Ute, Chung, Kian F, Walters, Matthew, John, Matthias, Mitchell, Jane A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1187925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16029496
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-6-74