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Combined exposure to bacteria and cigarette smoke resembles characteristic phenotypes of human COPD in a murine disease model.
Experimental and toxicologic pathology : official journal of the Gesellschaft fur Toxikologische Pathologie - 1 Mar 2015
Herr Christian, Han Gang, Li Dong, Tschernig Thomas, Dinh Quoc Thai, Beißwenger Christoph, Bals Robert
Abstract excerpt
Abundant microbial colonization is a hallmark of COPD and smoke exposure likely increases the susceptibility to colonization and infection. The aim of the present study was to characterize the pulmonary changes of a combined exposure to cigarette smoke (CS) and microbial challenge in a preclinica...
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