Sputum and nasal lavage lung-specific biomarkers before and after smoking cessation

BACKGROUND: Little is known about the effect of smoking cessation on airway inflammation. Secretory Leukocyte Protease Inhibitor (SLPI), Clara Cell protein 16 (CC16), elafin and human defensin beta-2 (HBD-2) protect human airways against inflammation and oxidative stress. In this longitudinal study...

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Autores principales: Bouloukaki, Izolde, Tsiligianni, Ioanna G, Tsoumakidou, Maria, Mitrouska, Ioanna, Prokopakis, Emmanuel P, Mavroudi, Irene, Siafakas, Nikolaos M, Tzanakis, Nikolaos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3121733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21635782
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-11-35

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3121733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21635782
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-11-35

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