Effects of inhalation of N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine in the well elderly and in patients with chronic bronchitis.

BACKGROUND: Inhalation of the bacterial peptide N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP) produces bronchoconstriction in normal subjects. FMLP thus has a putative role as a mediator of bronchoconstriction associated with bacterial bronchial infection. METHODS: The effects of FMLP inhalation we...

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Main Authors: Peters, M J, Breslin, A B, Berend, N
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1992
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC463693/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1585292
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