Influence of Age, Past Smoking, and Disease Severity on TLR2, Neutrophilic Inflammation, and MMP-9 Levels in COPD

Atopy is a risk factor for respiratory symptoms in COPD patients: results from the EUROSCOP study

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Age-related defects in TLR2 signaling diminish the cytokine response by alveolar macrophages during murine pneumococcal pneumonia

(2012) Angela R. Boyd et al.   EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY

CombinedHaemophilus influenzaerespiratory infection and allergic airways disease drives chronic infection and features of neutrophilic asthma

(2012) Ama-Tawiah Essilfie et al.   THORAX

Toll-Like Receptor 2 Regulates Organic Dust–Induced Airway Inflammation

(2011) Jill A. Poole et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Innate Immune Responses Are Increased in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

(2011) Katherine Joanne Baines et al.   PLoS One

Toll-like receptor expression in smokers with and without COPD

(2011) Ida von Scheele et al.   RESPIRATORY MEDICINE

Ageing and smoking contribute to plasma surfactant proteins and protease imbalance with correlations to airway obstruction

(2011) Helen Ilumets et al.   BMC Pulmonary Medicine

What the Journal Would Like to Publish on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

(2010) Alvar Agusti et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Elevation of sputum matrix metalloproteinase-9 persists up to 6 months after smoking cessation: a research study

(2010) Noora Louhelainen et al.   BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Activation of toll-like receptors 2, 3 or 5 induces matrix metalloproteinase-1 and -9 expression with the involvement of MAPKs and NF-κB in human epidermal keratinocytes

(2009) Youngae Lee et al.   EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY