The main rhinovirus respiratory tract adhesion site (ICAM-1) is upregulated in smokers and patients with chronic airflow limitation (CAL) - Shukla, Shakti Dhar; Mahmood, Malik Quasir; Weston, Steven; Latham, Roger; Muller, Hans Konrad; Sohal, Sukhwinder Singh; Walters, Eugene Haydn (Respiratory research, 2017)
Keywords: Adult; Aged; Female; Humans; Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 - metabolism; Male; Middle Aged; Picornaviridae Infections - physiopathology; Picornaviridae Infections - virology; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - physiopathology; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - virology; Respiratory Mucosa - metabolism; Respiratory tract; Rhinovirus; Smoking; Smoking - physiopathology; Up-Regulation; Epithelial adhesion; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Chronic airflow limitation; Human rhinovirus; Intercellular adhesion molecule-1