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Effects of Cigarette Smoke and Alcohol on Ciliated Tracheal Epithelium and Inflammatory Cell Recruitment

Ciliated epithelium represents the first line of host defense against lung infection. Most alcoholics smoke and are at high risk for developing lung infections. We reported that cigarette smoke activates protein kinase C (PKC) and alcohol desensitizes ciliary beat frequency (CBF) to β-agonists in bo...

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Hauptverfasser: Elliott, Margaret K., Sisson, Joseph H., Wyatt, Todd A.
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: 2006
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2215768/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17079783
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1165/rcmb.2005-0440OC
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