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Cigarette smoke inhibits BAFF expression and mucosal immunoglobulin A responses in the lung during influenza virus infection

BACKGROUND: It is incompletely understood how cigarette smoke (CS) exposure affects lung mucosal immune responses during viral respiratory infections. B cell activating factor belonging to the tumor necrosis factor family (BAFF) plays an important role in the induction of secretory immunoglobulin A...

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Autores principales: Wang, Jianmiao, Li, Qinghai, Xie, Jungang, Xu, Yongjian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4364338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25849069
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-015-0201-y