Association of Lung Inflammatory Cells with Small Airways Function and Exhaled Breath Markers in Smokers – Is There a Specific Role for Mast Cells?

BACKGROUND: Smoking is associated with a mixed inflammatory infiltrate in the airways. We evaluated whether airway inflammation in smokers is related to lung function parameters and inflammatory markers in exhaled breath. METHODS: Thirty-seven smokers undergoing lung resection for primary lung cance...

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Autores principales: Nussbaumer-Ochsner, Yvonne, Stolk, Jan, Ferraz da Silva, Luiz F., van Schadewijk, Annemarie, de Jeu, Ronald C., Prins, Frans A., Mauad, Thais, Rabe, Klaus F., Hiemstra, Pieter S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4466526/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26069967
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129426

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