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Nasal lavage natural killer cell function is suppressed in smokers after live attenuated influenza virus

BACKGROUND: Modified function of immune cells in nasal secretions may play a role in the enhanced susceptibility to respiratory viruses that is seen in smokers. Innate immune cells in nasal secretions have largely been characterized by cellular differentials using morphologic criteria alone, which h...

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Autores principales: Horvath, Katherine M, Herbst, Margaret, Zhou, Haibo, Zhang, Hongtao, Noah, Terry L, Jaspers, Ilona
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3163542/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21816072
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-12-102