Alcohol-induced tight junction dysfunction primes airways for RSV infection
Not only does alcohol increase tight junction permeability, but it also perturbs wound healing. Since RSV infection (alone) is known to cause shedding of airway epithelium resulting in an injury wound, we suspect that alcohol exacerbates airway epithelial RSV-induced wounds and increases the time it...
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Published in | Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) Vol. 47; no. 7; p. 575 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Philadelphia
Elsevier Inc
01.11.2013
Elsevier Limited |
Subjects | |
Online Access | Get full text |
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