Upregulation of pirin expression by chronic cigarette smoking is associated with bronchial epithelial cell apoptosis

BACKGROUND: Cigarette smoke disrupts the protective barrier established by the airway epithelium through direct damage to the epithelial cells, leading to cell death. Since the morphology of the airway epithelium of smokers does not typically demonstrate necrosis, the most likely mechanism for epith...

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Auteurs principaux: Gelbman, Brian D, Heguy, Adriana, O'Connor, Timothy P, Zabner, Joseph, Crystal, Ronald G
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: BioMed Central 2007
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Research
Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1805431/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17288615
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-8-10
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