Pathophysiology of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 245-251

  Papi, Alberto ^a   Luppi, Fabrizio ^a   Franco, Francesca ^a   Fabbri, Leonardo M ^a  

^a Department of Respiratory Diseases ^*

Author keywords

Airway; Chemokines; Cytokines; Inflammation; Leukocytes

Indexed keywords

8 ISOPROSTANE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR3; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR1; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR2; CYTOKINE; EOTAXIN; EPITHELIAL DERIVED NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATING FACTOR 78; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; RANTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AIR POLLUTION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DETERIORATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EOSINOPHIL; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LUNG FUNCTION; MACROPHAGE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUTROPHIL; PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; VIRUS INFECTION;

AIR POLLUTION; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CYTOKINES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; NEUTROPHILS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPUTUM; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 33646360198     PISSN: 15463222     EISSN: 15463222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/pats.200512-125SF     Document Type: Conference Paper

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