Cigarette smoke causes caspase-independent apoptosis of bronchial epithelial cells from asthmatic donors.

Cigarette smoke causes caspase-independent apoptosis of bronchial epithelial cells from asthmatic donors.

<h4>Background</h4>Epidemiologic studies have demonstrated important links between air pollution and asthma. Amongst these pollutants, environmental cigarette smoke is a risk factor both for asthma pathogenesis and exacerbation. As the barrier to the inhaled environment, the bronchial ep...

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Main Authors: Fabio Bucchieri, Antonella Marino Gammazza, Alessandro Pitruzzella, Alberto Fucarino, Felicia Farina, Peter Howarth, Stephen T Holgate, Giovanni Zummo, Donna E Davies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120510

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