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Impact of Cigarette Smoke Exposure on Innate Immunity: A Caenorhabditis elegans Model
BACKGROUND: Cigarette smoking is the major cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer. Respiratory bacterial infections have been shown to be involved in the development of COPD along with impaired airway innate immunity. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: To address the in v...
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Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2729919/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19718433 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006860 |