Chronic cigarette smoking enhances spontaneous release of tumour necrosis factor-α from alveolar macrophages of rats

• Principais autores: G. P. Pessina (Autor), L. Paulesu (Autor), F. Corradeschi (Autor), E. Luzzi (Autor), M. Tanzini (Autor), C. Aldinucci (Autor), A. Di Stefano (Autor), V. Bocci (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Hindawi Limited, 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Some biological effects of chronic cigarette smoking (two cigarettes for 2 h, daily for 4 months) in rats were evaluated. During the smoking period, body weight of smoker rats was always significantly lower than that of control rats. Immediately after the last smoking session the carboxyhaemoglobin...