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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: David Proud
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-27973 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Proud David D Hudy Magdalena H MH Wiehler Shahina S Zaheer Raza S RS Amin Minaa A MA Pelikan Jonathan B JB Tacon Claire E CE Tonsaker Tabitha O TO Walker Brandie L BL Kooi Cora C Traves Suzanne L SL Leigh Richard R
PloS one 20120712 7
Human rhinovirus (HRV) infections trigger acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. The human airway epithelial cell is the primary site of HRV infection and responds to infection with altered expression of multiple genes, the products of which could regulate the outcome to infection. Cigarette smoking aggravates asthma symptoms, and is also the predominant risk factor for the development and progression of COPD. We, therefore, examined whether cigarette smo ...[more]