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

• Main Authors: G. P. Pessina (Author), L. Paulesu (Author), F. Corradeschi (Author), E. Luzzi (Author), M. Tanzini (Author), C. Aldinucci (Author), A. Di Stefano (Author), V. Bocci (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...