Emphysema is associated with increased inflammation in lungs of atherosclerosis-prone mice by cigarette smoke: implications in comorbidities of COPD

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is associated with numerous vascular effects including endothelial dysfunction, arterial stiffness and atherogenesis. It is also known that a decline in lung function is associated with increased cardiovascular comorbidity in smokers. The mechanism o...

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Autores principales: Arunachalam, Gnanapragasam, Sundar, Isaac K, Hwang, Jae-woong, Yao, Hongwei, Rahman, Irfan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2918603/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20663150
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-9255-7-34

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2918603/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20663150
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-9255-7-34

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