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Cigarette Smoke Decreases Airway Epithelial FABP5 Expression and Promotes Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection

Cigarette smoking is the primary cause of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), which is characterized by chronic inflammation of the airways and destruction of lung parenchyma. Repeated and sustained bacterial infections are clearly linked to disease pathogenesis (e.g., exacerbations) and a...

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Autores principales: Gally, Fabienne, Chu, Hong Wei, Bowler, Russell P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3551956/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23349676
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051784