Moraxella catarrhalis acquisition, airway inflammation and protease-antiprotease balance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

BACKGROUND: Moraxella catarrhalis causes approximately 10% of exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and also colonizes the lower airway in stable patients. Little is known about the effects of colonization by M. catarrhalis on airway inflammation and protease-antiprotease bal...

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Autores principales: Parameswaran, Ganapathi I, Wrona, Catherine T, Murphy, Timothy F, Sethi, Sanjay
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2780445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19912665
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-178

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2780445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19912665
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-178

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