Dendritic Cells Spark Smoldering Inflammation In Smokers’ Lungs
October 29, 2009 by admin
Filed under Best Way To Quit Smoking, Quit Smoking Information
Inflammation still ravages the lungs of some smokers years after they quit the habit. What sparks that smoldering destruction remained a mystery until a consortium of researchers led by Baylor College of Medicine found that certain dendritic cells in the lung – the cells that “present” a foreign antigen or protein to the immune system – provoke production of destructive T-cells that attack a key protein called elastin, leading to death of lung tissue and emphysema.
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