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

• Autors principals: Izolde Bouloukaki (Autor), Maria Tsoumakidou (Autor), Constantine I. Vardavas (Autor), Ioanna Mitrouska (Autor), Eleni Koutala (Autor), Nikolaos M. Siafakas (Autor), Sophia E. Schiza (Autor), Nikos Tzanakis (Autor)
• Format: Llibre
• Publicat: Hindawi Limited, 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Matèries: 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...