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Cigarette smoke induces PTX3 expression in pulmonary veins of mice in an IL-1 dependent manner

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with abnormal inflammatory responses and structural alterations of the airways, lung parenchyma and pulmonary vasculature. Since Pentraxin-3 (PTX3) is a tuner of inflammatory responses and is produced by endothelial and inflammat...

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Autores principales: Pauwels, Nele S, Bracke, Ken R, Maes, Tania, Van Pottelberge, Geert R, Garlanda, Cecilia, Mantovani, Alberto, Joos, Guy F, Brusselle, Guy G
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2959025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20920344
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-11-134