Interleukin-16-producing NK cells and T-cells in the blood of tobacco smokers with and without COPD

BACKGROUND: Long-term exposure to tobacco smoke causes local inflammation in the airways that involves not only innate immune cells, including NK cells, but also adaptive immune cells such as cytotoxic (CD8(+)) and helper (CD4(+)) T-cells. We have previously demonstrated that long-term tobacco smoki...

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Autores principales: Andersson, Anders, Malmhäll, Carina, Houltz, Birgitta, Tengvall, Sara, Sjöstrand, Margareta, Qvarfordt, Ingemar, Lindén, Anders, Bossios, Apostolos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2016
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5029848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27695312
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S103758

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5029848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27695312
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S103758

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