Antibacterial Defense of Human Airway Epithelial Cells from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients Induced by Acute Exposure to Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae: Modulation by Cigarette Smoke

Gimano D. Amatngalim,Jasmijn A. Schrumpf,Almira Henic,Esther Dronkers,Renate M. Verhoosel,Soledad R. Ordonez,Henk P. Haagsman,Maria E. Fuentes,Sriram Sridhar,Jamil Aarbiou,Richard A. J. Janssen,Annemarie Nicolette Lekkerkerker,Pieter S. Hiemstra

Antibacterial Defense of Human Airway Epithelial Cells from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients Induced by Acute Exposure to Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae: Modulation by Cigarette Smoke

2017

Gimano D. Amatngalim
Jasmijn A. Schrumpf
Almira Henic
Esther Dronkers
Renate M. Verhoosel
Soledad R. Ordonez
Henk P. Haagsman
Maria E. Fuentes
Sriram Sridhar
Jamil Aarbiou
Richard A. J. Janssen
Annemarie Nicolette Lekkerkerker
Pieter S. Hiemstra

Antimicrobial proteins and peptides (AMPs) are a central component of the antibacterial activity of airway epithelial cells. It has been proposed that a decrease in antibacterial lung defense contribu

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Virology
Immunology
Haemophilus influenzae
Lung
Biology
Antimicrobial peptides
Disease
Antimicrobial
Antibacterial activity
Epithelium
Airway
cigarette smoke

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