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Cigarette smoke worsens lung inflammation and impairs resolution of influenza infection in mice

BACKGROUND: Cigarette smoke has both pro-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects. Both active and passive cigarette smoke exposure are linked to an increased incidence and severity of respiratory virus infections, but underlying mechanisms are not well defined. We hypothesized, based on prior gen...

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Autores principales: Gualano, Rosa C, Hansen, Michelle J, Vlahos, Ross, Jones, Jessica E, Park-Jones, Ruth A, Deliyannis, Georgia, Turner, Stephen J, Duca, Karen A, Anderson, Gary P
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2483272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18627612
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-9-53