Impact of cigarette smoke exposure on innate immunity: a Caenorhabditis elegans model.

Impact of cigarette smoke exposure on innate immunity: a Caenorhabditis elegans model.

BACKGROUND: Cigarette smoking is the major cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer. Respiratory bacterial infections have been shown to be involved in the development of COPD along with impaired airway innate immunity. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: To address the in v...

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Main Authors: Rebecca M Green, Fabienne Gally, Jonathon G Keeney, Scott Alper, Bifeng Gao, Min Han, Richard J Martin, Andrew R Weinberger, Stephanie R Case, Maisha N Minor, Hong Wei Chu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2729919?pdf=render

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