M. Saetta (Padova, Italy), G. Brusselle (Ghent, Belgium)
Th17-related cytokine expression is increased in the bronchial mucosa of stable COPD patients
A. Di Stefano, G. Caramori, I. Gnemmi, M. Contoli, P. Casolari, C. Vicari, A. Capelli, F. Magno, S. D‘Anna, A. Zanini, P. Brun, F. Chung, P. Barnes, A. Papi, I. Adcock, B. Balbi (Veruno (NO), Ferrara, Cefalù (PA), Padova, Italy; London, United Kingdom)
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Langerhans-type, but not interstitial-type dendritic cells accumulate in current smokers and COPD patients
G. R. Van Pottelberge, K. R. Bracke, G. Verleden, G. F. Joos, G. G. Brusselle (Ghent, Leuven, Belgium)
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Acute effects of smoking on human airway dendritic cells in vivo
M. Lommatzsch, K. Bratke, T. Knappe, A. Bier, K. Dreschler, M. Kuepper, P. Stoll, P. Julius, J. C. Virchow (Rostock, Germany)
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Steroid insensitivity of airway T lymphocytes in COPD patients
L. Smyth, C. Starkey, D. Ray, D. Singh (Manchester, United Kingdom)
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Bronchial epithelial cells from COPD patients overproduce an upstream Th2 regulator cytokine in response to viral stimuli
Y. Yudina, O. Hallgren, G. Westergren-Thorsson, L. Uller (Lund, Sweden)
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Overexpression of B cell activating factor (BAFF) in peripheral lung of COPD patients
F. Polverino, S. Baraldo, G. Turato, E. Bazzan, S. Agostino, G. Girbino, M. Polverino, E. Balestro, A. Papi, P. Maestrelli, C. Santoriello, F. Calabrese, M. Saetta (Cava dei Tirreni, Padova, Messina, Ferrara, Italy)
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Expression of human β defensin-1 is related to progressive lung function impairment in COPD
E. Andresen, G. Guenther, H. Sahly, N. Fischer, H. Heine, C. Lange (Borstel, Hamburg, Germany)
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Smoking has potential to initiate basement membrane disruption and epithelial mesenchymal transition in COPD
S. S. Sohal, D. Reid, A. Soltani, C. Ward, S. Weston, H. Muller, R. Wood-Baker, H. Walters (Hobart, Australia; Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom)
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