Smoking in Asthma Is Associated with Elevated Levels of Corticosteroid Resistant Sputum Cytokines—An Exploratory Study

BACKGROUND: Current cigarette smoking is associated with reduced acute responses to corticosteroids and worse clinical outcomes in stable chronic asthma. The mechanism by which current smoking promotes this altered behavior is currently unclear. Whilst cytokines can induce corticosteroid insensitivi...

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Autores principales: Spears, Mark, McSharry, Charles, Chaudhuri, Rekha, Weir, Christopher J., de Wet, Carl, Thomson, Neil C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3739804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23951170
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071460

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3739804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23951170
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071460

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