Cigarette smoke-promoted acquisition of bacterial pathogens in the upper respiratory tract leads to enhanced inflammation in mice

BACKGROUND: Bacterial colonization and recurrent infections of the respiratory tract contribute to the progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). There is evidence that exacerbations of COPD are provoked by new bacterial strains acquired from the environment. Using a murine model o...

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Autores principales: Voss, Meike, Wonnenberg, Bodo, Honecker, Anja, Kamyschnikow, Andreas, Herr, Christian, Bischoff, Markus, Tschernig, Thomas, Bals, Robert, Beisswenger, Christoph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4395896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25890119
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-015-0204-8

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