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Cigarette Smoke-Induced Collagen Destruction; Key to Chronic Neutrophilic Airway Inflammation?

BACKGROUND: Cigarette smoking induces inflammatory responses in all smokers and is the major risk factor for lung disease such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In this progressive disease, chronic inflammation in the lung contributes to lung tissue destruction leading to the formatio...

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Autores principales: Overbeek, Saskia A., Braber, Saskia, Koelink, Pim J., Henricks, Paul A. J., Mortaz, Esmaeil, LoTam Loi, Adele T., Jackson, Patricia L., Garssen, Johan, Wagenaar, Gerry T. M., Timens, Wim, Koenderman, Leo, Blalock, J. Edwin, Kraneveld, Aletta D., Folkerts, Gert
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/PMC3561332/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23383243
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055612