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S100A7/psoriasin expression in the human lung: unchanged in patients with COPD, but upregulated upon positive S. aureus detection

BACKGROUND: Progressive airway inflammation and susceptibility to the airway colonisation and infection are characteristic for the pathophysiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are central to the function of the innate host immune response against mic...

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Autores principales: Andresen, Ellen, Lange, Christoph, Strodthoff, Daniela, Goldmann, Torsten, Fischer, Nicole, Sahly, Hany, Branscheid, Detlev, Heine, Holger
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3050873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21324122
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-11-10