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Pathogenic mechanism of second hand smoke induced inflammation and COPD

Second hand smoke (SHS) introduces thousands of toxic chemicals into the lung, including carcinogens and oxidants, which cause direct airway epithelium tissue destruction. It can also illicit indirect damage through its effect on signaling pathways related to tissue cell repair and by the abnormal i...

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Autores principales: Birru, Rahel L., Di, Y. Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3428782/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22973236
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2012.00348