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Cigarette smoke impairs cytokine responses and BCG containment in alveolar macrophages

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  • Richard N van Zyl-Smit Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology & UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Anke Binder Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology & UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Richard Meldau Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology & UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Patricia L Semple Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology & UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Alicia Evans Division of Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Peter Smith Division of Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Eric D Bateman Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology & UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Keertan Dheda Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology & UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa Department of Infection, University College London Medical School, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Professor Keertan Dheda, Groote Schuur Hospital, H47 Old Main Building, Observatory, 7925, South Africa; keertan.dheda{at}uct.ac.za
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Citation

van Zyl-Smit RN, Binder A, Meldau R, et al
Cigarette smoke impairs cytokine responses and BCG containment in alveolar macrophages
Thorax 2014;69:363-370.

Publication history

  • Received July 24, 2013
  • Revised November 7, 2013
  • Accepted November 10, 2013
  • First published November 28, 2013.
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August 23, 2023

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