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Biologic phenotyping of the human small airway epithelial response to cigarette smoking.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Tilley Ann E, O'Connor Timothy P, Hackett Neil R, Strulovici-Barel Yael, Salit Jacqueline, Amoroso Nancy, Zhou Xi Kathy, Raman Tina, Omberg Larsson, Clark Andrew, Mezey Jason, Crystal Ronald G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The first changes associated with smoking are in the small airway epithelium (SAE). Given that smoking alters SAE gene expression, but only a fraction of smokers develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), we hypothesized that assessment of SAE genome-wide gene expression would permit biologic phenotyping of the smoking response, and that a subset of healthy smokers would have a "COPD-like"...
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