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SUBMITTER: Amatngalim GD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5102360 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Amatngalim Gimano D GD Broekman Winifred W Daniel Nadia M NM van der Vlugt Luciën E P M LE van Schadewijk Annemarie A Taube Christian C Hiemstra Pieter S PS
PloS one 20161109 11
Cigarette smoking is the main risk factor associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and contributes to COPD development and progression by causing epithelial injury and inflammation. Whereas it is known that cigarette smoke (CS) may affect the innate immune function of airway epithelial cells and epithelial repair, this has so far not been explored in an integrated design using mucociliary differentiated airway epithelial cells. In this study, we examined the effect of whole ...[more]