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Inflammatory Transcriptome Profiling of Human Monocytes Exposed Acutely to Cigarette Smoke

BACKGROUND: Cigarette smoking is responsible for 5 million deaths worldwide each year, and is a major risk factor for cardiovascular and lung diseases. Cigarette smoke contains a complex mixture of over 4000 chemicals containing 10(15) free radicals. Studies show smoke is perceived by cells as an in...

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Autores principales: Wright, William R., Parzych, Katarzyna, Crawford, Damian, Mein, Charles, Mitchell, Jane A., Paul-Clark, Mark J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3281820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22363418
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030120