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The Lung Tissue Microbiome in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
16 Mar 2012
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RATIONALE: Based on surface brushings and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, Hilty and coworkers demonstrated microbiomes in the human lung characteristic of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which have now been confirmed by others. OBJECTIVES: To extend these findings to human lung tissue samples. METHODS: DNA from lung tissue samples was obtained from nonsmokers (n = 8); smokers without COPD...
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