Evidence of neoangiogenesis and an increase in the number of proliferating cells within the bronchial epithelium of smokers

Abstract

These results show that smoking appears to induce both a proliferative response and neovascularization in bronchial mucosa. The projection of capillary loops into the bronchial mucosa also may be a result of neovascularization occurring within the lamina propria of the bronchial wall.