The effects of interleukin-8 on airway smooth muscle contraction in cystic fibrosis

BACKGROUND: Many cystic fibrosis (CF) patients display airway hyperresponsiveness and have symptoms of asthma such as cough, wheezing and reversible airway obstruction. Chronic airway bacterial colonization, associated with neutrophilic inflammation and high levels of interleukin-8 (IL-8) is also a...

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Autores principales: Govindaraju, Vasanthi, Michoud, Marie-Claire, Ferraro, Pasquale, Arkinson, Janine, Safka, Katherine, Valderrama-Carvajal, Hector, Martin, James G
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2633308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19046427
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-9-76

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2633308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19046427
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-9-76

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