Cigarette Smoke Decreases the Maturation of Lung Myeloid Dendritic Cells.

Conflicting data exist on the role of pulmonary dendritic cells (DCs) and their maturation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Herein, we investigated whether disease severity and smoking status could affect the distribution and maturation of DCs in lung tissues of patient...

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Main Authors: Elena Arellano-Orden, Carmen Calero-Acuña, Nicolás Moreno-Mata, Lourdes Gómez-Izquierdo, Verónica Sánchez-López, Cecilia López-Ramírez, Daniela Tobar, José Luis López-Villalobos, Cesar Gutiérrez, Ana Blanco-Orozco, José Luis López-Campos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4825972?pdf=render