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Chemical constituents of tobacco smoke induce the production of interleukin-8 in human bronchial epithelium, 16HBE cells

BACKGROUND: Interleukin-8 (IL-8) functions as a major chemoattractant and plays pivotal roles in the initiation and development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and tobacco smoke is a most risk factor contributing to the development of COPD. Hence, we have screened some of the tobacc...

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Autores principales: Zhou, Guojun, Xiao, Weiqiang, Xu, Chengyun, Hu, Yajun, Wu, Xiaokai, Huang, Fangfang, Lu, Xinbo, Shi, Chunyun, Wu, Ximei
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/PMC4950078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27436995
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12971-016-0089-4