Cigarette Smoke Induces Intestinal Inflammation via a Th17 Cell-Neutrophil Axis

Epidemiological evidence finds cigarette smoking is a common risk factor for a number of diseases, not only in the lung but also in other tissues, such as the gastrointestinal tract. While it is well-documented that smoking directly drives lung inflammatory disease, how it promotes disease in periph...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Immunology
Main Authors:	Myunghoo Kim, Bonhee Gu, Matthew C. Madison, Hyo Won Song, Kendra Norwood, Andrea A. Hill, Wan-Jung Wu, David Corry, Farrah Kheradmand, Gretchen E. Diehl
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-01-01
Subjects:	cigarette smoke intestinal inflammation Th17 cells neutrophils lung-gut axis
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2019.00075/full