Cytotoxic lymphocytes in COPD airways: increased NK cells associated with disease, iNKT and NKT-like cells with current smoking

BACKGROUND: Cytotoxic lymphocytes are increased in the airways of COPD patients. Whether this increase is driven primarily by the disease or by smoking is not clear, nor whether it correlates with the rate of decline in lung function. METHODS: Bronchoscopy with BAL was performed in 52 subjects recru...

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Autores principales: Eriksson Ström, Jonas, Pourazar, Jamshid, Linder, Robert, Blomberg, Anders, Lindberg, Anne, Bucht, Anders, Behndig, Annelie F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6286566/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30526599
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-018-0940-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6286566/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30526599
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-018-0940-7

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