Cigarette smoke augments the expression and responses of toll-like receptor 3 in human macrophages - KOARAI, AKIRA; YANAGISAWA, SATORU; SUGIURA, HISATOSHI; ICHIKAWA, TOMOHIRO; AKAMATSU, KEIICHIRO; HIRANO, TSUNAHIKO; NAKANISHI, MASANORI; MATSUNAGA, KAZUTO; MINAKATA, YOSHIAKI; ICHINOSE, MASAKAZU (Respirology (Carlton, Vic.), 2012)
Keywords: Aged; Cells, Cultured; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Female; Humans; innate immunity; Interleukin-8 - metabolism; Lung - physiopathology; Macrophages, Alveolar - metabolism; Male; Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 - metabolism; metalloproteinase; Middle Aged; pulmonary diffusing capacity; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - metabolism; Respiratory Function Tests; smoking; Smoking - metabolism; Tobacco Smoke Pollution - adverse effects; Toll-Like Receptor 3 - biosynthesis