Second hand smoke and COPD: lessons from animal studies

• Autor principal: Laima Taraseviciene-Stewart (auth)
• Outros Autores: Adelheid Kratzer (auth), Michael Borchers (auth)
• Formato: Recurso Electrónico Capítulo de Livro
• Idioma: inglês
• Publicado em: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Colecção: Frontiers Research Topics
• Assuntos: Physiology; Autoantibodies; Cytokines; pulmonary hypertension; pulmonary injections; Inflammation; matrix degradation; Immune responses; Macrophages; Cell signaling; Monocytes and lymphocytes; second hand smoke; Heart Failure; Emphysema
• Acesso em linha: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Cigarette smoke exposure is the key initiator of chronic inflammation, alveolar destruction, and the loss of alveolar blood vessels that lead to the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) which is comprised of emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS)...