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Cigarette smoke increases TLR4 and TLR9 expression and induces cytokine production from CD8(+ )T cells in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
BACKGROUND: Cigarette smoke is a major risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), an inflammatory lung disorder. COPD is characterized by an increase in CD8(+ )T cells within the central and peripheral airways. We hypothesized that the CD8(+ )T cells in COPD patients have increase...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3260101/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22070100 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-12-149 |