Cigarette Smoke-Induced Collagen Destruction; Key to Chronic Neutrophilic Airway Inflammation?

BACKGROUND: Cigarette smoking induces inflammatory responses in all smokers and is the major risk factor for lung disease such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In this progressive disease, chronic inflammation in the lung contributes to lung tissue destruction leading to the formatio...

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Main Authors:	Overbeek, Saskia A., Braber, Saskia, Koelink, Pim J., Henricks, Paul A. J., Mortaz, Esmaeil, LoTam Loi, Adele T., Jackson, Patricia L., Garssen, Johan, Wagenaar, Gerry T. M., Timens, Wim, Koenderman, Leo, Blalock, J. Edwin, Kraneveld, Aletta D., Folkerts, Gert
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	Public Library of Science 2013
Subjects:	Research Article
Online Access:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3561332/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23383243 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055612
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Cigarette Smoke-Induced Collagen Destruction; Key to Chronic Neutrophilic Airway Inflammation?

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