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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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Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |