Beta Defensin-2 Is Reduced in Central but Not in Distal Airways of Smoker COPD Patients

Pleural Mesothelial Cells Express Both BLT2 and PPAR  and Mount an Integrated Response to Pleural Leukotriene B4

(2014) E. Pace et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Cigarette Smoke-Induced Pulmonary Inflammation Is TLR4/MyD88 and IL-1R1/MyD88 Signaling Dependent

(2014) E. Doz et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Cilomilast counteracts the effects of cigarette smoke in airway epithelial cells

(2011) Elisabetta Pace et al.   CELLULAR IMMUNOLOGY

TLR4 upregulation underpins airway neutrophilia in smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and acute respiratory failure

(2010) Elisabetta Pace et al.   HUMAN IMMUNOLOGY

Cigarette smoke modulates PGE2 and host defence against Moraxella catarrhalis infection in human airway epithelial cells

(2010) WEIYUN ZHANG et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Bronchial Airway Epithelial Cell Damage Following Exposure to Cigarette Smoke Includes Disassembly of Tight Junction Components Mediated by the Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase 1/2 Pathway

(2009) Loredana Petecchia et al.   CHEST

A Multivariate Analysis of Risk Factors for the Air-Trapping Asthmatic Phenotype as Measured by Quantitative CT Analysis

(2008) Ashley Busacker et al.   CHEST

Leptin Enhances Human β-Defensin-2 Production in Human Keratinocytes

(2008) Naoko Kanda et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Cigarette smoke increases Toll-like receptor 4 and modifies lipopolysaccharide-mediated responses in airway epithelial cells

(2008) Elisabetta Pace et al.   IMMUNOLOGY

Requirements for Two Proximal NF-κB Binding Sites and IκB-ζ in IL-17A-induced Human β-Defensin 2 Expression by Conducting Airway Epithelium

(2008) Cheng-Yuan Kao et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Suppression of pulmonary innate host defence in smokers

(2008) C Herr et al.   THORAX