Time course of neutrophil and macrophage elastinolytic activities in cigarette smoke-induced emphysema

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 6 19-6, 1998, Pages

  Ofulue, A Felix ^a,b   Mary, K O ^a   Abboud, Raja T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b JACK BELL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alveolar destruction; Inflammatory leukocytes; Lung elastin breakdown

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTOLYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 20644440194     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.1998.275.6.l1134     Document Type: Article

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