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Lung macrophages drive mucus production and steroid-resistant inflammation in chronic bronchitis
BACKGROUND: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) frequently suffer from chronic bronchitis (CB) and display steroid-resistant inflammation with increased sputum neutrophils and macrophages. Recently, a causal link between mucus hyper-concentration and disease progression of CB...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8186034/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34098956 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-021-01762-4 |