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Airway epithelial cell apoptosis and inflammation in COPD, smokers and nonsmokers
9 Aug 2012
Abstract excerpt
We hypothesised that primary bronchial epithelial cells (PBECs) from subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) respond differently to Pseudomonas aeruginosa lipopolysaccharide (LPS) after cigarette smoke extract (CSE) exposure than PBECs obtained from smokers without airflow obstruction and nonsmokers. PBECs from 16 COPD subjects, 10 smokers without airflow obstruction and nine nonsmokers were...
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