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β2-agonists promote host defense against bacterial infection in primary human bronchial epithelial cells

BACKGROUND: Airway epithelial cells are critical in host defense against bacteria including Mycoplasma pneumoniae (Mp) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. β2-agonists are mainstay of COPD and asthma therapy, but whether β2-agonists directly affect airway epithelial host defen...

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Autores principales: Gross, Claire A, Bowler, Russell P, Green, Rebecca M, Weinberger, Andrew R, Schnell, Christina, Chu, Hong Wei
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2881900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20470412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-10-30