Maintained Smoking Cessation for 6 Months Equilibrates the Percentage of Sputum CD8+ Lymphocyte Cells with That of Nonsmokers

• Main Authors: Izolde Bouloukaki (Author), Maria Tsoumakidou (Author), Constantine I. Vardavas (Author), Ioanna Mitrouska (Author), Eleni Koutala (Author), Nikolaos M. Siafakas (Author), Sophia E. Schiza (Author), Nikos Tzanakis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Little is known about the longitudinal effects of smoking cessation on sputum inflammatory cells. We aimed to investigate the changes in sputum inflammatory cells and T-lymphocyte subpopulations after 6 and 12 months smoking cessation. Induced sputum was obtained from 68 healthy smokers before and a...