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Inflammation and emphysema in cigarette smoke-exposed mice when instilled with poly (I:C) or infected with influenza A or respiratory syncytial viruses

BACKGROUND: The length of time for cigarette smoke (CS) exposure to cause emphysema in mice is drastically reduced when CS exposure is combined with viral infection. However, the extent of inflammatory responses and lung pathologies of mice exposed to CS and infected with influenza A virus (IAV), re...

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Autores principales: Mebratu, Yohannes A., Smith, Kevin R., Agga, Getahun E., Tesfaigzi, Yohannes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4929744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27363862
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-016-0392-x