Chest
Volume 130, Issue 4, October 2006, Pages 1203-1210
Translating Basic Research Into Clinical PracticeHow Viral Infections Cause Exacerbation of Airway Diseases
Key words
asthma
COPD
exacerbations
viruses
Abbreviations
ENA
epithelial-derived neutrophil attractant
IFN
interferon
IL
interleukin
LTB4
leukotriene B4
NF
nuclear factor
PCR
polymerase chain reaction
RANTES
regulated upon activation, normal T-cell expressed and secreted
Th
T helper
TLR
Toll-like receptor
TNF
tumor necrosis factor
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