Cigarette smoke-exposed neutrophils die unconventionally but are rapidly phagocytosed by macrophages
Pulmonary accumulation of neutrophils is typical for active smokers who are also predisposed to multiple inflammatory and infectious lung diseases. We show that human neutrophil exposure to cigarette smoke extract (CSE) leads to an atypical cell death sharing features of apoptosis, autophagy and nec...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2011
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3101810/ |