Smoking in Asthma Is Associated with Elevated Levels of Corticosteroid Resistant Sputum Cytokines-An Exploratory Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Spears, Mark ^a   McSharry, Charles ^a   Chaudhuri, Rekha ^a   Weir, Christopher J ^b,c   de Wet, Carl ^d   Thomson, Neil C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS EDUCATION FOR SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CXCL9 CHEMOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; EOTAXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 8; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; RANTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84881259691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071460     Document Type: Article

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