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Role of BAFF in pulmonary autoantibody responses induced by chronic cigarette smoke exposure in mice

Emerging evidence suggests that autoimmune processes are implicated in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In this study, we assessed the expression of B‐cell activating factor (BAFF) in smokers, and investigated the functional importance of BAFF in the induction and ma...

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Autores principales: Morissette, Mathieu C., Gao, Yang, Shen, Pamela, Thayaparan, Danya, Bérubé, Jean‐Christophe, Paré, Peter D., Brandsma, Corry‐Anke, Hao, Ke, Bossé, Yohan, Ettinger, Rachel, Herbst, Ronald, Humbles, Alison A., Kolbeck, Roland, Zhong, Nanshan, Chen, Rongchang, Stämpfli, Martin R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5210376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28039405
http://dx.doi.org/10.14814/phy2.13057