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Small molecular weight secretory factors from Pseudomonas aeruginosa have opposite effects on IL-8 and RANTES expression by human airway epithelial cells.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology - 1 Aug 2001
Leidal K G, Munson K L, Denning G M
Abstract excerpt
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic human pathogen that causes both an acute lung disease in patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia and a chronic lung disease in individuals with cystic fibrosis. Many of the pathophysiologic effects of P. aeruginosa infection are due to factors secreted by the bacterium. Conditioned media from cultures of P. aeruginosa increased interleukin-8 expression and decreased...
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