Inhibition of lung natural killer cell activity by smoking: The role of alveolar macrophages

Respiration

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 262-267

  Takeuchi, Minoru ^a   Nagai, S ^b   Nakajima, A ^a   Shinya, M ^a   Tsukano, C ^a   Asada, H ^a   Yoshikawa, K ^a   Yoshimura, M ^a   Izumi, T ^b  

^a KYOTO SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alveolar macrophages; Lung; Natural killer cell activity; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CHROMIUM 51; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXIDE; INDOMETACIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; OXYGEN RADICAL; PROSTAGLANDIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOUREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADULT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LUNG; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING;

EID: 0034950518     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000050508     Document Type: Article

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