Cigarette smoke and platelet-activating factor receptor dependent adhesion of <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> to lower airway cells - Concepedia

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Cigarette smoke and platelet-activating factor receptor dependent adhesion of <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> to lower airway cells

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2012

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Jonathan Grigg, E. Haydn Walters, Sukhwinder Singh Sohal, Richard Wood‐Baker, David W. Reid, Cang‐Bao Xu, Lars Edvinsson, Mathieu C. Morissette, Martin R. Stämpfli, Michael Kirwan,

Abstract

CSE stimulates PAFR-dependent pneumococcal adhesion to lower airway epithelial cells. We found evidence that CS increases bronchial PAFR in vivo.

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