HOST IMMUNITY AND INFLAMMATION TO PULMONARY HELMINTH INFECTIONS

Host Immunity and Inflammation to Pulmonary Helminth Infections

Helminths, including nematodes, cestodes and trematodes, are complex parasitic organisms that infect at least one billion people globally living in extreme poverty.Helminthic infections are associated with severe morbidity particularly in young children Eyeshadow who often harbor the highest burden of disease.While each helminth species completes a

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Effects of cigarette smoke condensate on proliferation and wound closure of bronchial epithelial cells in vitro: role of glutathione

Abstract Background Increased airway epithelial proliferation is frequently observed in smokers.To elucidate the molecular mechanisms leading to these epithelial changes, we studied the effect of cigarette smoke condensate (CSC) on cell proliferation, wound closure and mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation.We also studied whether modul

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