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Th17 and regulatory T cell balance in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases

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Increased levels of Th17 cells are associated with non-neuronal acetylcholine in COPD patients

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Reconciling neuronally and nonneuronally derived acetylcholine in the regulation of immune function

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The non-neuronal cholinergic system: Basic science, therapeutic implications and new perspectives

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Critical roles of acetylcholine and the muscarinic and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the regulation of immune function

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Plasticity of the murine spleen T-cell cholinergic receptors and their role in in vitro differentiation of naïve CD4 T cells toward the Th1, Th2 and Th17 lineages

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In vitro anticholinergic drugs affect CD8+ peripheral blood T-cells apoptosis in COPD

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Cigarette Smoking and Inflammation

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Effect of tiotropium bromide on expression of CD8 +CD25 +FoxP3 + regulatory T cells in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Lack of Th17 Cell Generation in Patients with Severe Burn Injuries

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Cigarette smoke induces oxidative stress and apoptosis in normal term fetal membranes

(2011) R. Menon et al.   PLACENTA

Regulation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the role of regulatory T-cells and Th17 cells

(2010) Nina Lane et al.   CLINICAL SCIENCE

CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Tregs resolve experimental lung injury in mice and are present in humans with acute lung injury

(2009) Franco R. D’Alessio et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Peripheral T Cell Functions Correlate with the Severity of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

(2009) X. Zhu et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Immunologic Aspects of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

(2009) Manuel G. Cosio et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Decreased FOXP3 expression in small airways of smokers with COPD

(2008) S. Isajevs et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Induction of apoptosis by cigarette smoke via ROS-dependent endoplasmic reticulum stress and CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein-homologous protein (CHOP)

(2008) Yasuhiro Tagawa et al.   FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

Basic and Clinical Aspects of Non-neuronal Acetylcholine: Expression of an Independent, Non-neuronal Cholinergic System in Lymphocytes and Its Clinical Significance in Immunotherapy

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Chronic Cigarette Smoke Causes Oxidative Damage and Apoptosis to Retinal Pigmented Epithelial Cells in Mice

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NF-κB inhibition is involved in tobacco smoke-induced apoptosis in the lungs of rats

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