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The microbiome of the lung and its extracellular vesicles in nonsmokers, healthy smokers and COPD patients

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory disease, and bacterial infection plays a role in its pathogenesis. Bacteria secrete nanometer-sized extracellular vesicles (EVs), which may induce more immune dysfunction and inflammation than the bacteria themselves. We hypothes...

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Autores principales: Kim, Hyun Jung, Kim, You-Sun, Kim, Kang-Hyun, Choi, Jun-Pyo, Kim, Yoon-Keun, Yun, Sunmi, Sharma, Lokesh, Dela Cruz, Charles S, Lee, Jae Seung, Oh, Yeon-Mok, Lee, Sang-Do, Lee, Sei Won
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5420800/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28408748
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/emm.2017.7