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SUBMITTER: Henrot P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6600384 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Henrot Pauline P Prevel Renaud R Berger Patrick P Dupin Isabelle I
International journal of molecular sciences 20190606 11
<b>:</b> Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) represents the 3rd leading cause of death in the world. The underlying pathophysiological mechanisms have been the focus of extensive research in the past. The lung has a complex architecture, where structural cells interact continuously with immune cells that infiltrate into the pulmonary tissue. Both types of cells express chemokines and chemokine receptors, making them sensitive to modifications of concentration gradients. Cigarette smoke ...[more]