Cigarette Smoke Affects Dendritic Cell Populations, Epithelial Barrier Function, and the Immune Response to Viral Infection With H1N1

Smokers with apparently “healthy” lungs suffer from more severe and frequent viral respiratory infections, but the mechanisms underlying this observation are still unclear. Epithelial cells and dendritic cells (DC) form the first line of defense against inhaled noxes such as smoke or viruses. We the...

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Main Authors: Olga Danov, Martin Wolff, Sabine Bartel, Sebastian Böhlen, Helena Obernolte, Sabine Wronski, Danny Jonigk, Barbara Hammer, Draginja Kovacevic, Sebastian Reuter, Susanne Krauss-Etschmann, Katherina Sewald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2020.571003/full