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Leucine and its transporter provide protection against cigarette smoke-induced cell death: A potential therapy for emphysema

Cigarette smoke (CS) is a major risk factor for emphysematous changes in the lungs and the underlying mechanism involves CS-induced cell death. In the present study we investigated the ability of nutrients to rescue CS-induced cell death. We observed that pre-treatment with excess leucine can partia...

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Autores principales: Das, Bannhi, Ray, Tanusree, Panda, Kaushik K., Maiti, Arnab, Sarkar, Srimonti, Sil, Alok K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5598113/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28962288
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxrep.2014.09.011

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