Fine particulate matter in acute exacerbation of COPD

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 6, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Ni, Lei ^a,b,c   Chuang, Chia Chen ^a,d   Zuo, Li ^a,d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c Shanghai Meteorological Service   (China)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AECOPD; Alveolar macrophages; Inflammation; Oxidative stress; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

ACUTE EXACERBTAION OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; AIR POLLUTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOGENESIS; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84946562713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00294     Document Type: Review

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