The adaptive response of smokers to oxidative stress: Moving from culture to tissue

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 635-636

  Hiemstra, Pieter S ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE;

ADAPTATION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOKING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING;

EID: 0036724319     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2205024     Document Type: Editorial

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10. Epithelial permeability, inflammation, and oxidant stress in the air spaces of smokers