Chronic Household Air Pollution Exposure Is Associated with Impaired Alveolar Macrophage Function in Malawian Non-Smokers

BACKGROUND: Household air pollution in low income countries is an important cause of mortality from respiratory infection. We hypothesised that chronic smoke exposure is detrimental to alveolar macrophage function, causing failure of innate immunity. We report the relationship between macrophage fun...

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Autores principales: Rylance, Jamie, Chimpini, Chikondi, Semple, Sean, Russell, David G., Jackson, Malcolm J., Heyderman, Robert S., Gordon, Stephen B.
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/PMC4583259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26406307
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0138762

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4583259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26406307
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0138762

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