Neutrophilic airways inflammation in lung cancer: the role of exhaled LTB-4 and IL-8

BACKGROUND: Recent advances in lung cancer biology presuppose its inflammatory origin. In this regard, LTB-4 and IL-8 are recognized to play a crucial role in neutrophil recruitment into airways during lung cancer. Notwithstanding the intriguing hypothesis, the exact role of neutrophilic inflammatio...

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Main Authors: Carpagnano, Giovanna E, Palladino, Grazia P, Lacedonia, Donato, Koutelou, Anna, Orlando, Silvio, Foschino-Barbaro, Maria P
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3130703/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21649887
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-11-226
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