Myofibroblast expression in airways and alveoli is affected by smoking and COPD

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by structural changes in alveoli and airways. Our aim was to analyse the numbers of alpha-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) positive cells, as a marker of myofibroblasts, in different lung compartments in non-smokers and smokers wit...

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Autores principales: Karvonen, Henna M, Lehtonen, Siri T, Harju, Terttu, Sormunen, Raija T, Lappi-Blanco, Elisa, Mäkinen, Johanna M, Laitakari, Kirsi, Johnson, Shirley, Kaarteenaho, Riitta L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3751100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23937155
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-14-84

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3751100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23937155
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-14-84

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