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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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| 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 |