Cigarette Smoke Modulates Repair and Innate Immunity following Injury to Airway Epithelial Cells.

Cigarette smoking is the main risk factor associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and contributes to COPD development and progression by causing epithelial injury and inflammation. Whereas it is known that cigarette smoke (CS) may affect the innate immune function of airway epi...

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Main Authors: Gimano D Amatngalim, Winifred Broekman, Nadia M Daniel, Luciën E P M van der Vlugt, Annemarie van Schadewijk, Christian Taube, Pieter S Hiemstra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5102360?pdf=render